What was the long-term result of North Carolina’s gold rush from the 1820s to the 1850s? A. It led to an economic boom.

B. It paid for a system of public schools.

C. It caused slavery to become more widespread.

D. It gave North Carolina experience with an industry other than farming.

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.