The Impact of Railroads on New York State in the 1800s Document 7
Publication Date:
June 2000
Pages:
19 total (cover page - 1; teacher guide - 6; student DBQ - 5; primary source documents - 7)
Students learn how railroads began to overtake the Erie Canal in importance in the mid-1800s, were vital to the Civil War, connected all major cities in New York State, and promoted the growth of other cities and towns by the 1870s. Image 1:
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