Henry George, “What the Railroad Will Bring Us,” Overland Monthly, 1868.
After reading the above primary source, please respond to the following three questions in a minimum of 500 words:
1) What is this document? What does it tell us about its author and/or the subjects it discusses?
2) What does this document tell us about the American past?
3) What broader questions about American history does this document raise? What does it make you more curious to find out?