How did technological developments in transportation affect the economy and people of the United States during the Gilded Age?
A. Improved railroads connected major cities across the United States and improved shipping and trade, but workers who built and maintained the railroads were often paid little and impoverished.

B. Interstate highways connected major cities across the United States and improved shipping and trade, which created numerous jobs and helped decrease income inequality in the country
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C. Improved railroads connected major cities across the United States and improved shipping and trade, which created numerous jobs and helped decrease income inequality in the country.

D. Interstate highways connected major cities across the United States and improved shipping and trade, but workers who built and maintained the highways were often paid little and impoverished.