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Why were railroads important to the economic growth of the US?
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02/06/2011
USA is a very large country. Railroads were a very good way for fast transportation of people, food and manufactured goods accross land. Traver or transportation by train was fast, relatively cheap and enabled to move great volume of goods from one point to another.
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