Define consolidation and explain how the railroad system consolidated.

Consolidation is the action of making something stronger and more solid. (This could also mean combining different things to make a larger whole thing)

Explanation:

The dominant national trend in railroad management and finance starting around the 1880s was 'consolidation'. By purchase, lease, or trust arrangements, the larger railroad systems absorbed smaller lines, and other major railroad companies expanded their reach and hold on railroads.

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the answer is a) james madison.

3. republican abraham lincoln

4. south carolina

5. charleston, south carolina

6. confederates

7. minie bullet - made defense even safer, it spun faster, traveled further and was five times more accurate than any single-man weapon. able to kill at half a mile, it was the largest contributor to battle wounds

      or the the gatling gun - the most successful of several rapid-fire guns that were born before the war. its efficiency in killing only made war more deadly.

idk which one u learned about. pick one.

8. the south was fighting to maintain its way of life, whereas the north was fighting to maintain a union. so they had will, and the north were fighing on unfamiliar territory

9. union had the large population, people to fight in the war and work in the factories to make war materials, industrial base, the factories to make these war materials. the union also was wealthier than the confederacy and could finance the war.

10. stonewall jackson

11. chancellorsville

12. gettysburg

13. sherman

some of these might be wrong but i tried my best.   : )