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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: What Was Impact of the Railroads?

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From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes the positive economic benefits the construction of the railroads provided to the developing nation as a whole, and the negative impact it also had.

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economic benefits of railroad, negative impact of railroad, railroad history, revolution to reconstruction: the iron horse: what was impact of the railroads?, railroads in the late 19th century
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