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Read about the explosive growth of railroad track across the United States after the Civil War. Find out about the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, the men who made fortunes from the railroads, and the first American regulatory agency, which was established to regulate railroad rates. Included is a map that shows transcontinental rail lines in the 1880s.
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- Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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