The main structure of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Bridge ... its completion after the Civil War symbolized the unity of the North and the South and provided transportation ...

Library of Congress Since the end of the Civil War, railroad construction ... and labor strikes, the North became less and less concerned with addressing racism in the South.

Railroad workers, Library of Congress In the years following the Civil War, railroads were privately ... and states across the South and Midwest quickly followed suit. The states, however ...