As a result of the Transcontinental Railroad: A. many people in the West began moving east.

B. manufactured goods could be shipped to settlers in the West.

C. immigration to the United States decreased.

D. people began to build farms in the West.

How did the life of sharecroppers affect their children? children went to school because the farms were small, with little work, children had to work on the farm, so they rarely went to school children learned skilled professions as they worked around the farm. children left home when they became adults because the land wasn't theirs.