what was one major way that the central pacific and union pacific railroad companies made a large profit in the 1800s?

A major way the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroad companies made a large profit in the 1800s was by monopolizing railroads and putting the prices very high. This very much hurt farmers but the railroad companies made a lot of money by doing this.

“the battle of stalingrad is not a turning point necessarily in strategic terms, because a lot more has to be done before the soviets can be certain of defeating germany,” says renowned world war ii historian richard overy. the germans had fought nearly a thousand miles across the soviet union to get to stalingrad.

the answer is a) james madison.