A southern route for the transcontinental railroad seemed the best because
A) northern areas were organized territories.
B) slave labor could be used to construct it.
C) the railroad would be easier to build in this area.
D) there were fewer hostile Indian tribes in southern New Mexico.
E) it would firmly tie southern California to the Union.
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