Aseries of laws restricted who blacks could marry, where they could travel, and whether or not they could be employed. what were these laws called? the plantation system states' rights black codes indulgences

lincoln declared that slavery should not be allowed to spread into the new states, and of course this angered the south at the time.

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.