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During the 1800s through the 1900s Which industry would be more successful? Railroads, steel, or oil companys?

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Completion of railroads to the west following the Civil War open of vast areas of the region to settlement and economic development Beginning in the early 1870s railroad construction in the United States increased dramatically the late 19th century United States is probably best known for the vast expansion of its industrial plant and output
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