Advantages and disadvantages of railroads in the U.S.?

Answer 1

The advantages was people, goods, and beef could be moved faster from east to west. It connected the country and opened ways for people like Sears to sell through a catalog from dolls to kit houses. The disadvantages was it took lands from people and displaced Native Americans from ancestral lands. Also added a layer of pollution from the use of coal to create the steam and the men building the railroad lines were treated harshly and discriminated against.