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Which three 19th-century technologies most reshaped global trade?
AThe printing press, the postal system, the telegraph
BCoal mining, gas lighting, and Suez Canal expansion
CElectric power, the radio, and the early automobile
DRailway, steamship, and the electric telegraph
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Railway, steamship, and the electric telegraph
The railway moved bulk goods across continents; the steamship cut transatlantic and Bombay-Liverpool journeys; the telegraph reduced information delays from months to seconds. Together they integrated the 19th-century world economy.
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