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What impact was the transcontinental railroad designed to have on the West?

A.
to protect American Indian lands from white settlement
B.
to encourage Americans to invest only in East Coast industries
C.
to make it easier to move goods from place to place
D.
to preserve buffaloes and Western wildlife from hunting

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Answer:

c

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer: The answer would be C

Explanation: This is because when people settled in the west there were few ways other than me ox cart to transport goods. The railways made it much faster to transport goods.

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