TIMED TEST PLZ ANSWER, WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST AND 30 POINTS IF CORRECTLY ANSWERD All of the following were economic changes as a result of the railroads except which? a. Cash crops became possible due to expanding agriculture. b. Lumbering grew as a result of increasing populations in towns. c. Thousands of new factories were established to manufacture materials needed for railroads. d. Land prices decreased as new territories opened.

The correct answer is D) land prices decreased.

Explanation:

The railroads changed the economy in all of the following ways except "land prices decreased."

The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 allowed the construction of the transcontinental railroad that would unite the East and the West of the United States. The Union Pacific Company and the Central Pacific Company were the ones chosen to build the railroads. The creation of these railroads changed the economy of the United States. Lumbering grew as a result of increasing populations in towns.

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