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By 1880, the transcontinental railroad was transporting $50 million worth of freight each year. In addition to transporting western food crops and raw materials to East Coast markets and manufactured goods from East Coast cities to the West Coast, the railroad also facilitated international trade.
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Social: ancient civilizations were very hierarchical, organized in castes. Social mobility was very difficult, this means that if a person was born poor, it was very unlikely for this person to become wealthy later in life.
Political: most ancient civilizations were monarchies, or dictatorships. Republics were essentially non-existant. That is to say that they were ruled by a single powerful man like a pharaoh, or a few people, who had no almost no limits to their power, and who were not elected by the people. Power was instead, hereditary.
Economic: all of these civilizations had an economy that was based on agriculture, because agriculture was the activity that allowed civilization to emerge in first place. The most valauble resource was land, and land was often monopolized by a few powerful individuals, the same people who had political power.
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forced off their land
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The Cherokees were forced onto the Trail of Tears because they weren't getting along with the African Americans. They were arguing with them so that meant they Supreme Court to tell them get off their land so that the African Americans can use it instead of the Cherokees.
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In response to the growing use of violence and intimidation against African-Americans, Congress enacted the Enforcement Act of 1870. This legislation prohibited groups of people from going in disguise or engaging in activities that would violate the rights of citizens. Unfortunately, this legislation did not prevent harassment of African-Americans in certain areas.
