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Which industry benefited the most from the construction of railroads in the post civil war period?

a. Agriculture
b. Banking
c. Steel
d. Mining

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I feel like that is almost definitely Agriculture. For one, it just makes logical sense because railroads = industrialization and industrialization = more people (aka more crop output). But if you need to examine it more, it's obviously Agriculture because now farmers could sell their crop at a national level and not be dependent on the market of their local town.
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C, the Steel industry, as railroads were constructed from steel beams.
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