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The History of the United States, 2nd Edition. Episode 50, Transcontinental Railroads [efilm]

2020
The first transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869. Completion cut travel time from the Mississippi to the West Coast from three months to about one week. The line was joined by other transcontinentals; a national network facilitated settlement in the plains and mountain states that had bee...
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