Mining of coal and logging of the forests became major industries as transportation improved on the rivers and railroads were built.
VOA: special.2009.07.20
An African American man named John Henry was the hero of former slaves and the people who built the railroads.
VOA: special.2009.02.21
The railroads made it possible to travel from one side of the country to the other in less than a week.
VOA: special.2009.02.21
Many farmers lost hope that the granges could force the railroads to make any real cuts in their costs.
VOA: special.2010.04.15
The great wealth taken from the gold and silver mines was usually invested in other businesses: shipping,railroads,factories, stores,land companies.
VOA: special.2010.03.18
He was known for his strength. Railroads began to link the United States together in the nineteenth century.
VOA: special.2009.02.21
The railroads said the laws were not constitutional, because they interfered with the right of Congress to control trade between the states.
VOA: special.2010.04.15
Nor does he think of the men who struggled to build the first railroads across the wild land.
VOA: special.2010.03.18
The granges tried to get Congress to pass laws giving the federal government power to control the railroads.
VOA: special.2010.04.15
Railroads brought animals to Chicago, where packing companies killed them and prepared the meat for eastern markets.
VOA: special.2010.03.18
He took part in some of the first movements of huge cattle herds from Texas to the railroads in the state of Kansas.
VOA: special.2010.03.17
In the early nineteen hundreds, a group of wealthy American businessmen agreed to join their railroads.
VOA: special.2010.08.12
And he said he would provide more federal aid for schools and railroads in the South.
VOA: special.2010.03.11
They wanted railroads that reached across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
VOA: special.2009.04.23
Here is the first part of the poem: Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;
VOA: special.2011.07.17
In time,railroads became the most popular form of land transportation in the United States.
VOA: special.2010.01.11
The statement said the national government should own the country's railroads, telegraph,and telephone systems.
VOA: special.2010.06.10
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