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Refer to the passage.
“All the great trading towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire would then eagerly embrace the opportunity to secure so commodious and easy a conveyance, and cause branch railways to be laid down in every possible direction. The convenience and economy in the carriage of the raw material to the numerous manufactories established in these counties, the expeditious and cheap delivery of price goods bought by the merchants every week at the various markets, and the despatch in forwarding bales and packages to the outposts cannot fail to strike the merchant and manufacturer as points of the first importance.”
Thomas Gray, British railway advocate, 1819

The introduction of railroads, described in the passage, caused rapid change in Great Britain for which of the following reasons?
Manufacturers gained access to better machines for their factories.
Laborers earned higher wages from working on railroad construction.
The railroad’s benefits extended to virtually all aspects of the economy.
Building railroads required new mines to be dug to supply the iron needed.