Map Activity 1 for Chapter 18
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Section Chronology
Figure false: MAP 18.1 Railroad Expansion, 1870–1890
Figure false: Railroad mileage nearly quadrupled between 1870 and 1890, with the greatest growth occurring in the trans-Mississippi West. New transcontinental lines were completed in the 1880s. Fueled by speculation and built ahead of demand, the western railroads made fortunes for individual speculators. But they rarely paid for themselves and speeded the decline of Native Americans.
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