Study this railroad map from 1926. Which of these BEST explains the distribution of railroad tracks in the state of Texas in 1926?
A) Most of the oil industry was located in the eastern portion of the state.
B) Railroad lines were needed to help move supplies when hurricanes hit the
Gulf Coast.
C) Cattle ranchers demanded that tracks not be laid in areas that would stop
their cattle drives.
D) West Texas saw few railroad lines because people there opposed the
construction of railroad lines.