In considering the financial history of the transcontinental railroads,the text argues that
A) there was surprisingly little corruption given the corruption in other walks of life at the time.
B) there was surprisingly little corruption,mostly involving the buying off of federal regulators when rate controls became unreasonable.
C) there was a great deal of corruption,mostly in the form of high fees charged
Immigrants for what was really free federal land.
D) there was a great deal of corruption,mostly because construction companies were run by insiders.
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