Railroads provided a greater market for goods, both agricultural and industrial; they connected all ends of the country, allowing for more widespread business and horizontal and vertical integration with Carnegie and Standard Oil, since materials could come from further away. Building the railroads also provided jobs.
Commerce increased between the states allowing over 50 million dollars worth of cargo to be shipped every year from 1869-1879. Goods from Asia and raw materials from the West were shipped to the East faster than ever. The West began to catch up with the Eastern way of life as many more people could now move west and the products of the manufacturing boom were shipped to the West.
It opened up the West to commerce. Cattle could be driven to market at the rail-heads for shipment to the Chicago slaughterhouses. Homesteaders could ship their produce East to bigger markets. Gold and silver oar could be processed and shipped to Eastern banks without having to go by sea around South America. Having said that, some fairly recent economic models contend that the GNP would have been roughly the same, with more emphasis on the East instead of the West.
It allowed western cities to become more popular and more states became states.
Manufactured goods could be shipped westward, and cattle and grain could be shipped eastward.
Technology made Georgia more money, Cotton gin made it easier to produce, Railroads made it easier to transport goods.
railroads helped transport steel to other places
which of the following groups first came to canada to help build the railroads?
Decentralizing the railroads
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Railroads help people get where they needed to be quickly. This facilitated businesses and transactions that led to growth in the US.
how did bans help spur economic growth in 1780s
coal, steel, and lumber industries
how did the homestead act encourage economic growth
Railroads
they helped create more jobs as they needed people to work on the trains and fix the railways.
Railroads helped the growth of Standard Oil by allowing for rapid transport of stored petroleum. They could get their products to market much faster and efficiently.
South America depends on tourism to help stimulate its economic growth. It helps builds jobs and holds the opportunity for even more growth.
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they could ship meat to the east in refrigerated cars
U.S industries doing very well helped economic growth in the 1950s.
U.S industries doing very well helped economic growth in the 1950s.