Which statement best describes how railroads helped and hurt American farmers in the late 1800s?

Railroads connected farms to distant cities and other regions, giving farmers access to new markets for their crops. But farmers often depended on railroads to transport those crops and protested the high shipping rates they charged. Therefore, the best choice is C: railroads helped farmers by shipping crops to new markets but hurt them by charging high shipping rates.

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