THE RAILROAD NETWORK

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Across
  1. 2. Early railroad tracks had been built for _________ use, so there were no direct lines
  2. 4. The railroad network allowed people to _________ more easily.
  3. 5. The United States needed a fast, easy way to move raw materials to _________.
  4. 8. Raw materials were made into finished _________, like clothes, that were then taken to
  5. 9. distant cities.
  6. 10. By 1900, 40 percent of _________ lived in towns and cities.
  7. 12. New _________ were started along the railroad tracks.
Down
  1. 1. In 1860, about 80 percent of Americans lived in _________ areas.
  2. 3. Where major railroad lines met, towns expanded into large _________.
  3. 6. As the United States became more _________, the need for better transportation grew.
  4. 7. The _________ gauge allowed trains from different companies to fit on each other’s tracks.
  5. 11. to be sold.