Monday 9/24/2012

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Age of the rail road

rail roads made it possible for business and people to travel west .the government helped rail roads by giving them land grants and loans. the golden spike marks the spanning of the unian. that the begining of the civil war there was 3000 miles of road. the pacific railroad emoloyed thousands of chinese immigrants. the rail road companies created four time zones. regulated the railroads, so they weren't too monoplic so it didnt cause a hunger for more power. leading to dictatorship.

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rockefeller was the richest man in the world when he died.

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