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What is one reason why the expansion of the railroads caused prices of products to drop during the Gilded Age ?

What is one reason why the expansion of the railroads caused prices of products to drop during the Gilded Age ?
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What is one reason why the expansion of the railroads caused prices of products to drop during the Gilded Age ?

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Because it cost less money to transport the items. They could transport them by train instead of having a person ride a horse to the destination, thus being able to carry more with less work.
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railroads provided expensive but fast transportation of raw materials and products
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