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The nation experienced a transportation boom in the early 19th century as a result of three major events: (1) the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, which increased the land holdings of the United States by some 568 million acres, essentially doubling the size of the nation; (2) the War of 1812, which brought attention to the need for communication with and security for the interior portions of the nation; (3) the westward migration, which required the ability to handle people and goods between the East and new western settlements and which also resulted in an emerging political base in the West with which the Eastern establishments had to deal.
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