Why did the united states want to make the ocean trip from coast to coast shorter.

Ithink the answer is b. shakeri hope im not wrong : )

Was giving by lincoln on march 4, 1865-as lincoln prepared to speak, the civil war was drawing to a close-lincolns address of 703 words was the second shortest inaugural address-lincoln mentions god 14 times-505 of the words were one syllable -he used the word "war" or it's pronoun 9 times