Which answer best describes why towns and cities were built around railroads and canals?
a. the government and transportation companies planned to build the cities.
b. the canals and railroads were designed to pass through areas well suited for towns.
c. people who worked on the trains and canal boats needed places to stay when they traveled.
d. land was cheap, and the railroads and canals brought inexpensive goods to the newly settled areas.

Use the following quote from benjamin franklin to answer the question below: "a house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body."--public domain why is franklin's statement a recognizable impact of the effects of the enlightenment? (5 points) it implies the mind is more important than the body. it reveals that franklin had a philosophical disposition. it shows that franklin valued reason and intellectual accomplishment. it suggests that the emotions are more important than reasoned thinking.