The best option from the list would be that "<span>A. Access to rivers and railroads was needed to get manufactured goods to markets," since the factories tended to be very far away from major consumer cities. </span>
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The answer you are looking for is D.) articles that exaggerated or manipulated events to shock readers.
For example lets say there was a car crash and the people had minor injuries in your town. Later you see on the morning paper that the people suffered terribly from the crash that they had to be flown to a hospital. That is yellow journalism because the event is exaggerated.
From what I read in my own textbook, it is A.