It was built by private enterprise, while Europeans railroads were government projects.
The North had 34,022 kilometres of railroads The South had 14,141 " " " The Border States had 3,020 kilometres of railroads .
The wrongdoing railroads were guilty of was transporting illegal immigrants to the United States.
the turnpike was the invention that made the growth of railroads possible
When the railroads were completed, some nativists threatened railroad owners with harm if they hired Chinese people. This resulted in some of the railroads in the west hiring more workers out of Mexico.
Mining, textiles, agriculture and timber industries grew due to the expanding railroads
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The railroad industry grew because the reduced price of steel made it cheaper to build railroads.
Name one industry that grew because of the railroad
landowners grew more than cotton
Some effects of rapid growth of railroads were increased trade and faster military transportation. In addition, the banks ran out of loans cause of how rapidly they grew and left the farmers poor.
railroads were built, roads were improved, new crops were cultivated such as: coffee and tobbacco, along with what they already grew: rice and cassava.
No the discovery of gold didn't happen until 1849 in California and railroads were all ready in place by 1840. The first railroads were in 1812 and grew from there. By the time of the civil war the entire country could be crossed by rail, but the discovery of gold and silver is not related to the growth of the railroads.
People began to travel farther from their homes. Goods and services were able to travel as well, making new things available to people for the first time.
When Bessemer developed his method of making steel the use of iron ore grew and so did making railroads, multistory buildings, and bridges.
cog railroads are yellow trains railroads are black
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