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How did the growth of railroads affect the geographic expansion of the United States?
More people traveled to the east coast to work in factories.
People and goods moved westward more easily.
Explorers traveled to Mexico for the first time.
Families lived in the northwestern region of the country for the first time.
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People and goods moved westward more easily.
Railroads made travel faster, cheaper, and more reliable, enabling settlers, mail, and freight to reach and supply western territories and encouraging migration, commerce, and settlement across the continent.
Railroads made travel faster, cheaper, and more reliable, enabling settlers, mail, and freight to reach and supply western territories and encouraging migration, commerce, and settlement across the continent.
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