History of the United States II / Unit 3 USH2 0323 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Railroad Network
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The idea
America's railroad track, thirty-five thousand miles when the Civil War ended, passed two hundred thousand miles by nineteen hundred.
In practice
Federal and state support of one hundred fifty million dollars in loans and one hundred eighty-five million acres of land.
Where people slip
Traffic tripled from eighteen seventy-seven to eighteen ninety, and by nineteen hundred seven tycoons controlled most lines.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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