This time was called the age of the railroads, giving the influence the industry had on the American people and economy. What name would you give, today? The Age of What? In 3-5 sentences, explain what most influences American lives and the economy today.

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.

what does the elastic cause give congress the power to do

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