SAT US History Practice Question
Why did the Pony Express last for only 18 months?
- A.Too many of the riders and horses died from exhaustion and abuse.
- B.The mail the riders carried was too valuable to be put at constant risk of attack from robbers.
- C.The completion of the transcontinental tele graph system made the Pony Express obsolete.
- D.The mail service became too expensive for the owners to continue with it.
- E.The Civil War put an end to all mail service in the United States.
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