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What were the three options for traveling to the west coast in 1850?
What were the three options for traveling to the west coast in 1850?
Across the country by mule, sail around Cape Horn, or a boat to Panama trek through the jungle and hop on another the other side.
What was the purpose of the Panama railroad?
What was the purpose of the Panama railroad?
To provide a safer alternative to the deadly Panama trek and facilitate transcontinental travel.
How many people traveled on the Panama railroad in the first ten years?
How many people traveled on the Panama railroad in the first ten years?
Half a million people.
What role did the Panama railroad play in the US Postal Service?
What role did the Panama railroad play in the US Postal Service?
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What major achievement did Ferdinand de Lesseps accomplish?
What major achievement did Ferdinand de Lesseps accomplish?
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