Question
In what way did the nation's growing transportation system help promote economic growth?(1 point)
Responses
Because it added costs for the delivery of goods, it made more profits for the manufacturers.
Because it added costs for the delivery of goods, it made more profits for the manufacturers.
Railroad rebates and pools brought down prices for small farmers, who could then afford to modernize their equipment.
Railroad rebates and pools brought down prices for small farmers, who could then afford to modernize their equipment.
It opened up national markets for selling and obtaining resources and helped lower costs of production.
It opened up national markets for selling and obtaining resources and helped lower costs of production.
It made it easier for Native Americans and freed African Americans to obtain the same goods as white people, boosting demand.
1 answer
The correct response is:
It opened up national markets for selling and obtaining resources and helped lower costs of production.
This option accurately reflects how a growing transportation system, such as railroads, facilitated economic growth by making it easier to move goods across long distances, thus expanding markets and reducing transportation costs.
