History GCSE
First Transcontinental Railroad (1869)
What First Transcontinental Railroad (1869) means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Connected the East and West coasts, reducing a perilous months-long journey to a matter of days.
Topics that use First Transcontinental Railroad (1869)
- Option P3: Key topic 2: Development of the Plains, c1862–c1876 - 1 The development of settlement in the West (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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