With which US policy or principle was the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad MOST associated?

Question

With which US policy or principle was the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad MOST associated?
A) American exceptionalism
B) the Roosevelt Corollary
C) Manifest Destiny
D) the Monroe Doctrine

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The construction of the Transcontinental Railroad was MOST associated with **C) Manifest Destiny**. This principle was the belief that the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable, and the railroad played a crucial role in facilitating westward expansion.