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What helped Chicago grow into a major city in the 1800s?

A. the boom in canal building and railroad building

B. its incorporation of other cities' hinterlands

C. the development of wealth-producing service industries

D. its location near large oil and coal deposits

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A.
It boned because of railroads and it close proximity to Lake Michigan
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