Two ways railroads promoted west expansion

The government did this to spread out the population and so they could confirm that the land in the west belonged to the US. How did the Transcontinental Railroad affect westward expansion? It made it easier for settlers to move west and also promoted westward expansion more than anything else

d) the constitution rights of native americans and their right to self-government on reservations

bloodiest single day of war   |   gettysburg

where the civil war ends for good   | appomattox court house

the first major land battle; south wins | bull run/manassas (va)

gives union control of the mississippi river |   vicksburg

lee’s first tactical defeat; big win for union |   fort sumter1

with lincoln's re-election |   atlanta

south wins

splits confederacy in two for the duration of the war,

antietam