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What was one positive and one negative effect of the growth of railroads
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What was one positive and one negative effect of the growth of railroads

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Positive: it got people places faster, especially if they were on foot
Negative: a lot of people got hurt building the railroad tracks
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Positive: Increase in trade.

Negative: Native Americans lost more land.

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