History GCSE
Spread of the railroad network
What Spread of the railroad network means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Facilitated the rapid movement of homesteaders onto the Plains, enabled the transport of agricultural goods and cattle to eastern markets, and accelerated the destruction of the Plains Indians' way of life.
Topics that use Spread of the railroad network
- 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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