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What was important about railroads in the west.
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To transport large quantities of things, like gold and merchandise, also to protect those things from bandits.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agobecause railroads allowed people to travel large distances relatively quickly. this means that rather than it being OK to have a different time in each small town or city you needed standardised times or else every time you went from New Jersey to new york you'd have to adjust your watch by around ten minutes each way
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∙ 11y agowell it helped the u.s because of transportation and many other ways. railroads were much easier to transport goods all around the world.
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