Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Development of the Plains.
A railway system completed in 1869 that linked the eastern United States railroad network with the Pacific coast, revolutionising travel and trade.
Transcontinental Railroad appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for The American West, especially Development of the Plains and Development of Settlement.
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