What was the effect of the growing network of railroads and canals on the North's economy?

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Guillermo Murray

6 February, 23:42

What was the effect of the growing network of railroads and canals on the North's economy?

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Kirsten Kent · Answer 1

In the nineteenth century, the construction of roads, rails, and canals, the revolution in transportation in the nineteenth century and its contribution to economic growth. As the nation expanded, however the the government came to see the transportation network as a public good worthy.