The expansion shown most directly contributed to which antebellum development?
- A
Decline of urban populations as people moved to farms
- B
Federal ownership of the major rail trunk lines
- C
Greater Southern economic integration with the West
- Dcheck_circle
Tighter economic ties between the Northeast and the Old Northwest
Explanation
Antebellum railroads ran predominantly east-west across the North, binding Midwestern grain-producing states to Northeastern markets and pulling them away from the Mississippi/Southern trade axis.