The Impact of Railroads on New York State in the 1800s
Thu, 07/12/2007 - 16:09 — t.voigt
Publication Date:
July 2000
Pages:
19 total (cover page - 1; teacher guide - 6; student DBQ - 5; primary source documents - 7)
Students learn how railroads began to overtake the Erie Canal in importance in the mid-1800s, were vital to the Civil War, connected all major cities in New York State, and promoted the growth of other cities and towns by the 1870s.
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