Where did you go on your Summer Vacation? If you could have gone anywhere, where would you have traveled? How would you get there? Plane, train, automobile?
I bet that most of you did not take the train. There was a time however when the train was not only the preferred form of transportation in America; IT WAS THE ONLY FORM OF TRANSPORTATION.
As you watch this clip focus on the social and the economic factors that influenced rail travel in the United States.
What challenges did building the Transcontinental Railroad pose?
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