Transcontinental Railroad - Positive and Negative Effects

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positive effect

Faster way to ship larger amount of goods

positive effect

Cheaper for travel and safer than stagecoach

positive effect

Helped unpopulated areas get settled easier

negative effect

Native Americans lost their land

negative effect

Native Americans moved on to reservations

negative effect

Brought many settlers to take over Native American land

negative effect

Large number of buffalo were killed for sport

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