Industrialization and the Gilded Age — Test

Question 11 • US History and Geography

What is one reason why the expansion of the railroads caused prices of products to drop during the Gilded Age?

Answer

Railroads provided cheap and fast transportation for both raw materials and products.

Railroads provided expensive but fast transportation of raw materials and products.

Railroads provided transportation for products to markets in rural areas of the South.

Railroads provided fast transportation of raw materials to ports for overseas shipments.

Explanation

Railroads made it cheaper and faster to move raw materials to factories and finished products to customers. Lower transportation costs helped businesses reduce their prices, so choice B is correct. Choice A is tempting because railroads were fast, but expensive transportation would not explain why product prices dropped.

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