Are the statements about the effects of railroads in the late 1800s true or false? Check off those that are true.

Railroads made it faster and cheaper for manufacturers to transport goods over long distances, so statement A is true. Railway expansion also changed the western environment through construction and increased settlement and resource use, making statement C true. Statement B is false: railroads and the settlement they enabled disrupted Indigenous peoples’ lands and ways of life.

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