National advertising took root in the United States with

A) John Campbell's newsletter ads in the 18th century.
B) political pamphlets in the 1770s.
C) the railroads' simplification of mass distribution in the 1840s.
D) the yellow journalism of the late 1800s.


Answer: C

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