27 What is the central message the author presents in this selection? A The golden age of steamboating happened between the 1840s and 1860s, after which trains became a more popular way of transporting people and goods B During the age of steamboating, many people died because of accidents caused by a lack of regulation and safety measures on the boats. The Civil War encouraged development of steam power to drive locomotives instead of steamboats ushering in the railroad age. D Steamboating in America only came about due to the innovations of people including Mark Twain, Robert Fulton, and Nicholas Roosevelt. o a​