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Ch 5 Lesson 2
8. How did new transportation systems influence the economy in the early 1800s?

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These advances in transport helped drive settlement in the western regions of North America. They were also essential to the nation's industrialization. ... Busy transport links increased the growth of cities. The transportation system helped to build an industrial economy on a national scale.
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