Civil War by Kristal Rodriguez https://padlet.com/rodriguezkri/9ajke51ax79x how did Congress engage in the building national roads to help settlements in the west cause the civil war? en-us 2017-09-28 13:52:46 UTC 2026-02-27 19:53:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Watchclock.png rodriguezkri https://padlet.com/rodriguezkri/9ajke51ax79x/wish/192194000  The Civil War is the first war in which railroads were a major factor. The 1850s had seen enormous growth in the railroad industry so that by 1861, 22,000 miles of track had been laid in the Northern states and 9,500 miles in the South.]]> 2017-09-28 17:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezkri/9ajke51ax79x/wish/192194000 rodriguezkri https://padlet.com/rodriguezkri/9ajke51ax79x/wish/192554290  During the war, soldiers, material and food were routinely transported by rail along with civilians and the raw material necessary to keep the war effort progressing.]]> 2017-09-29 17:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezkri/9ajke51ax79x/wish/192554290 It was soon realized that the railroads would help to make or break the Union in this conflict which was so bloody that the combined total of all U.S. losses in all other wars would not equal the losses in that war. rodriguezkri https://padlet.com/rodriguezkri/9ajke51ax79x/wish/192555012 2017-09-29 17:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezkri/9ajke51ax79x/wish/192555012 rodriguezkri https://padlet.com/rodriguezkri/9ajke51ax79x/wish/192555792 2017-09-29 17:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezkri/9ajke51ax79x/wish/192555792 rodriguezkri https://padlet.com/rodriguezkri/9ajke51ax79x/wish/192558444 2017-09-29 17:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezkri/9ajke51ax79x/wish/192558444 rodriguezkri https://padlet.com/rodriguezkri/9ajke51ax79x/wish/192558946 2017-09-29 17:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezkri/9ajke51ax79x/wish/192558946