The most significant kind of federal subsidy to railroads was
A) loans from the U.S. government.
B) reduced corporate income taxes.
C) land grants.
D) direct payments based on the number of miles of tracks laid.
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Q4: Gains in railroad productivity were caused by
A)
Q5: Data on miles of main line track
Q6: The alternate-section provision was designed to
A) allow
Q7: The joining of the eastern and western
Q8: Between 1864 and 1900, the largest portion
Q10: Albert Fishlow argued that if the railroads
Q11: A number of economic historians have attempted
Q12: During the last part of the 19th
Q13: The Willie and Martin Companies were
A) two
Q14: The sustained productivity growth of railroads occurred
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