United States Since 1865Barnes & Noble, 1973 - 290 pages |
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... lines met near Ogden , Utah , in May , 1869 , and the first transcontinental railroad was completed . OTHER WESTERN RAILROADS . BY 1890 twelve important rail systems had pushed into the region between the Mississippi and the Pacific ...
... lines met near Ogden , Utah , in May , 1869 , and the first transcontinental railroad was completed . OTHER WESTERN RAILROADS . BY 1890 twelve important rail systems had pushed into the region between the Mississippi and the Pacific ...
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... LINES . Construction , in the Eastern states , which had gone forward rapidly in the decade of the fifties , was checked temporarily by the Civil War ; but even before the cessation of hostilities , building had been resumed . Between ...
... LINES . Construction , in the Eastern states , which had gone forward rapidly in the decade of the fifties , was checked temporarily by the Civil War ; but even before the cessation of hostilities , building had been resumed . Between ...
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... lines into all parts of the country , protests against the methods of the owners of the transportation system constantly in- creased . Popular Indictment of the Railroad Magnates . The charges against those responsible for the ...
... lines into all parts of the country , protests against the methods of the owners of the transportation system constantly in- creased . Popular Indictment of the Railroad Magnates . The charges against those responsible for the ...
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BUILDING A NEW NATION | 1 |
AN EXPANDING ECONOMIC SYSTEM | 14 |
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF the West and Land Grants | 20 |
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