American land-grant railroads in the late nineteenth century
A) seldom took advantage of their land rights.
B) found frontier settlement too sparse to justify railroad construction.
C) were often forced to return the land grants to state and federal governments.
D) sent agents overseas to recruit likely settlers and purchasers of railroad land.
D
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)