Railroads
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How the Transcontinental Railroad Changed the United States
Expansion and Development of Western Railroads
Pros and Cons of the Railroads
Railroads in America 1862–1917
The Railroads: America’s First Big Business
The Railroads – The First Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad (with Railroad Sounds)
The Transcontinental Railroad – Across the Continent
See Also: Western Expansion, Industrial Revolution, The Nation Grows
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Railroads, Western Expansion, 2nd Industrial Revolution – Lesson plans
Lessons, Activities and Resources from the NEA
Lesson Plans: I Hear the Locomotives: The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad
Lesson Plans – The Transcontinental Railroad with PBS