USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

AGE OF THE COMMON MAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
(14.14) What description best explains an unintended environmental consequence of the railroad?
A
Railroads pollution caused earthquakes.
B
Railroads improved the quality of the soil in the grasslands.
C
Railroads caused prairie fires that burned grasslands.
D
Railroad trains ran over many buffalo herds, leading to their near-extinction on the plains.
Explanation: 
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