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Robert Fogel (1964) demonstrates that
 
  (a) the social saving of the railroad was large; much of the country (over 25) could not have
  been settled and cultivated without the railroad.
  (b) the canal and river systems of transportation could very nearly have produced the same
  results as the railroad in terms of land cultivated.
  (c) the railroad was responsible for a great take-off in terms of economic growth in the
  19th century.
  (d) the railroad gave a huge boost to the iron industry because for a time it consumed well
  over 50 of all iron produced.

Question 2

Government participation in railroad construction was highest in
 
  (a) New England.
  (b) the South.
  (c) the Midwest.
  (d) the Great Lakes Region.



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AISCAMPING

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Answer to Question 1

(b)

Answer to Question 2

(b)




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Reply 2 on: Jun 30, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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