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One thing the Transcontinental Railroad did for the west was eliminating the Oregon Trail. Essentially, you could move to the West (California predominantly) without the hardships, many times death, that came with traveling the Oregon Trail.
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What did the nativists do when the railroads were finished?
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.
This mode of transportation greatly increased settlement to the west?
railroads
What made it much easier for American settlers to move west?
railroads
Which of these encouraged industrialization to expand from the eastern part of the US to the West?
railroads
How did the railroads affect trade and business in the uinetd states?
Railroads allowed raw materials to travel to the East, and manufactured goods to travel to the West.
What economic and social factors change the west after the civil war?
The railroads and the defeat of the Indian Nations.
How did change the west?
Railroads brought supplies and people from the east which made western towns grow
Railroads in the west?
2
Why do railroads run east to west?
Railroads run in all directions.
Why did more railroads run east and west then north and south?
its because the railroads goes more to the east and the west
How did the railroads help develop the west?
fukk the west
What encouraged industrialization to expand from the eastern part of the US to the West?
Railroads
How did railroads draw people to the west?
Railroads drew people to the west since new towns were built everywhere. There were towns popping up all over the west nd the railroads also brought in new jobs.
In which region were there no railroads in 1840?
West.
Why did the federal government provide land grants to companies to build railroads west?
It was because they needed railroads so they could of transport stuff that they needed from the west.
How did government and railroads encourage settlement of the west?
The government continued to pass laws to encourage people to settle the West, while the railroads made transportation from the east to the west faster and more convenient.
Railroads from the east and west met where in 1869?
Utah
