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The Railroad Industry
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Pacific Railway Act

Provided for a transcontinental railroad
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Land Grants

Free land in return for development
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Hardships

there were many
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Weather

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Terrain

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Attacks

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Railroads spur growth

Led to job creation and new technology
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Time Zones

made travel safer and more efficient
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Big Business

Railroads were America's first corporation
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Cornelius Vanderbilt

Linked Chicago to New York
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Robber Barons

Jay Gould and others cheated the system
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Credit Mobilier

Biggest scam of the day
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James J. Hill

Exception to the rule
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