What innovation led to mass production of newspapers and pamphlets in the 1820s and 1830s?
a. The creation of a postal system.
b. Noah Webster publishing a dictionary for Americans.
c. The spread of telegraph wires.
d. The use of steam power for presses.
e. The invention of the printing press.
Ans: d. The use of steam power for presses.
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