Question

List 5 great results (of the many) from the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on the U.S.?

Answer 1

1. It made the Western U.S. more important

2. It made commerce possible on a vast scale.

3. It made travel more affordable.

4. It changed where Americans lived.

5. It altered Americans’ concept of reality.

Answer 2

Within ten years of its completion, the railroad shipped $50 million worth of freight coast to coast every year. Just as it opened the markets of the west coast and Asia to the east, it brought products of eastern industry to the growing populace beyond the Mississippi.

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