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Ugo [173]
3 years ago
6

Why was the construction of the transcontinental railroad so important? A. It linked the North and the South. B. It allowed the

Confederate forces to reach their battlefields quickly. C. It allowed plantation owners to ship their cotton to Britain more quickly. D. It linked the nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
History
2 answers:
leva [86]3 years ago
8 0

The correct answer is "D".

The Transcontinental Railroad is a network of railroads that connects the Pacific Coast to the Atlantic Coast of the United States. The first track was initially built in 1863 and concluded in 1869. The railroad lifted commerce among both shores in an unprecedented way and was also a way of transportation by which many people began settling out West.

Aleksandr-060686 [28]3 years ago
5 0
D. It linked the nation from the atlantic to the pacific 
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