Question 2.
To expand the railroads to the Pacific Ocean, a lot of steel was needed for rails. Making steel required
a lot of fuel to run the blast furnaces. Wood was used but as it became scarce steel mills began using
coke, obtained from coal. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Train tracks were laid only through areas with large supplies of wood.
B.
Steel mills imported coal long distances to run the blast furnaces.
C.
Steel production took place near large supplies of coal.
D. Without large forests to supply fuel, factories were forced to close.