Which of the following is a way that state governments have attempted to raise more revenue without adding a new tax or raising existing taxes? A. increasing traffic fines B. increasing the prices of plane tickets C. creating regular bail rates for specific crimes D. investing in a line of for-profit public transportation systems

The telegraph, the transatlantic telegraph cable, and the telephone were important to businesses after 1850 because of a. they created a system for developing new inventions. b. they filled a need that other inventions of the day could not. c. they attracted investors and created the stock market. d. they made picture-taking a popular american pastime.