In the mid- to late 1800s, the us government granted land to railroad companies to expand their networks. what is another way that railroad companies used the land?

d

explanation:

i think that this is the best answer, but im sorry if this is wrong

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.