The+Railroads-snow

= = After the Civil War, America started building many railroads, including the Transcontinental Railroad. This, along with the America’s industrialization, began to link the nation together. But, railroads were expensive. They called for a lot of investment and government land grants. Where there’s money, there’s corruption. The money people made off of railroads led to major business corruption. ** = =
 * [[image:http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/pictures/Locomotive-Civil-War.jpg width="455" height="447" align="right" caption="Civil War Locomotive"]]The Railroads **