Why did the railroad companies 'hike up' their prices with the
expansion of railroad track to the
West?

B. Railroad companies knew people world pay a lot for a much faster an safer way to travel west.

Explanation:

Western farmers relied on railroads for crops and other goods transportation than other regions because they lacked roads or river systems. The expansion of the railroad reduces the time and money to move large goods. The railroads helped people to move to the West to start a new life. Railroad companies change rates so they would increase their profits.

president thomas jefferson commissioned the expedition shortly after the louisiana purchase in 1803 to explore and to map the newly acquired territory, to find a practical route across the western half of the continent, and to establish an american presence in this territory before britain and other european powers

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