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DevinAfter the transcontinental railroad finished laying tracks from the eastern shore to the western shore in the United States, people were free to travel wherever they wanted in the United States. Many people hopped on the railroad and road to settle down in other towns to the west.
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What purchase was made to open a southern route for the transcontinental railroad?
The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 purchased land that Mexico had retained under the Mexican Cession. The land south of the Gila River allowed a southern route to Texas, avoiding mountainous terrain.
Why did the expansion of slavery become such a divisive political issue in the 1840's?
The driving event was the westward expansion of U.S. territory, esp. in connection with the Mexican War (the product of the annexation of Texas). How the territories were to be organized - whether open to slavery or not - became a burning issue. The territorial issue was intensified at the end of the decade, by California's growth (aided immensely by the Gold Rush) and the issue of building a transcontinental railroad through the territories to link east & west.
The open rough and tumble society of the American west?
Made Americans strongly individualistic and self-reliant.
Many Americans believed that west was vast open land. In fact the land was populated with?
All of the Above
How did the railroads pave the way for the expansion of industry in the West?
Moved goods and people quickerrailroads boosted the economy the same way as the internet: the idea of globalization. Making travel easier, products quicker to transport, and so on, it brought the country together. As the supply for medicine, food, and other products increased, the demand decreased; and so the economy was "boosted" by the speed and efficiency of railroad travel/shipments.
