A transcontinental railroad was not built before the Civil War because:
A) the Appalachian Mountains presented great engineering problems
B) Congress refused to consider federal subsidies for a private railroad
C) the technologies for building long tunnels through the Rockies did not exist
D) many southern states used the states' rights argument to reject federal aid for railroads
E) North-South sectional differences prevented Congress from selecting a route
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