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The extension and consolidation of transportation systems continued in the North and West and even extended to the South . ... The Government aided this western railway building by lavish grants of public lands and by subsidies .
The extension and consolidation of transportation systems continued in the North and West and even extended to the South . ... The Government aided this western railway building by lavish grants of public lands and by subsidies .
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The new railroads drew hundreds of thousands to the West and from 1870-80 297,000 square miles of productive lands were added to the grain area and the United States had secured a permanent position in the world's food food and raw ...
The new railroads drew hundreds of thousands to the West and from 1870-80 297,000 square miles of productive lands were added to the grain area and the United States had secured a permanent position in the world's food food and raw ...
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The industrial " new South " is the old backwoods region and the new States west of the Mississippi . The period of Reconstruction was thus marked by a reorganization of National finances , by financial crises , the adoption of the ...
The industrial " new South " is the old backwoods region and the new States west of the Mississippi . The period of Reconstruction was thus marked by a reorganization of National finances , by financial crises , the adoption of the ...
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... followed by Alexander Ramsey , of Minnesota , in 1880 ; Richard W. Thompson , of Indi- ana , Secretary of the Navy followed by Nathan Goff , Jr. , of West Virginia , in 1881 ; Carl Schurz , of Missouri , Sec- retary of the Interior ...
... followed by Alexander Ramsey , of Minnesota , in 1880 ; Richard W. Thompson , of Indi- ana , Secretary of the Navy followed by Nathan Goff , Jr. , of West Virginia , in 1881 ; Carl Schurz , of Missouri , Sec- retary of the Interior ...
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At Martinsburg , West Virginia , the strike could not be controlled by the State authorities and Governor Matthews called upon President Hayes for troops , which were sent . The Presi- dent also issued a proclamation calling upon the ...
At Martinsburg , West Virginia , the strike could not be controlled by the State authorities and Governor Matthews called upon President Hayes for troops , which were sent . The Presi- dent also issued a proclamation calling upon the ...
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