Which statement best describes the reaction of northerners to the kansas-nebraska act?
a. they strongly disapproved of the act.
b. they strongly approved of the act.
c. they were indifferent to the act.
d. they were unaware of the act.

from the conditions of the working class in england by friedrich engels,the main idea is :

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.