Stop that Train, I Want to Get on!: The Importance of Railroads in the US Mid-1800s Grade 5 Social S

After the Louisiana Purchase, the land size of the United States doubled! Goods that were being produced in one part of the country need to get to the other part the soonest possible time. By the 1830s, the steam engine was introduced and it cemented the importance of railroads. Read about the first railroads in the US and the Transcontinental Railroad that linked the east to the west.