The American railroad industry in the first half of the nineteenth century:
a. was exclusively in the North.
b. stimulated the coal mining industry.
c. was smaller in terms of total miles of track than the European rail system.
d. mainly connected one waterway to another waterway.
e. encouraged entrepreneurs to begin buildin
Answer: b. stimulated the coal mining industry.
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