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Maslowich
4 years ago
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How did the railroad system affect the U.S. economy in the 1860s?

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1 answer:
sesenic [268]4 years ago
3 0
Um it totally revolutionized it. Before the railroads, farmers could only produce what they needed and enough to sell to the *nearby* people. With railroads, transportation was super duper cheap and maximum fast.

It also changed communications, although the telegraph did that more, and it made the country a country that could be crossed in a matter of days, not months, so much smaller in a way.
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