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Cotton from the south(apex)
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Thomas Lynch
Cotton
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∙ 9y agoThey carried people, food, supplies, mail, you name it. They carried pretty much the same as trucks, buses and planes today. At the time when railroad tracks were first being put down all over, planes and cars hadn't been invented yet, and the condition of the roads that did exist for horse-drawn carriages was too poor to be considered practical for routine transcontinental travel. Back then, the best way to transport people or goods was by boat. That is why the Erie Canal was so important and why so many major cities are adjacent to a river, lake or ocean.
(I once heard that at the turn of the 20th century, the horse population of New York City was over 100,000... and that it smelled like it, too.)
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What did the Americans first railroads carry?
Cotton from the south(apex)
What did the first railroads carry?
The first railroads carried raw materials and finished goods.
What do railroads mainly carry?
Railroads mainly carry trains. Railroads mainly carry trains.
Why were the first Americans railroads built in the south?
farmers used them to move cotton.
How did the Baltimore and Ohio railroads help Americans?
It was the first one that actually worked.
What did African Americans who moved from the south to the north find?
jobs on railroads or in factories.
What year did the first spanish ship carry enslaved africans to the Americans?
1518
What was steel first used for?
Railroads. -------------- Weapons, not railroads.
Most African Americans who moved to the north form the south found?
Jobs on railroads or in factories
How were the Native Americans effected by the first transcontinental railroad?
The railroads increased immigration by those of European descent. This put additional pressure on Native Americans as it increased incursions onto their land and competition for the natural resources on which they relied.
Why did Chinese workers first come to American?
To build railroads. Apex
Who invented the first railroads?
No one person invented the railroad as it evolved over hundreds of years. The first railroads did not have locomotives. Richard Trevithick is credited with creating the first successful steam locomotive. George Stephenson is credited with expanding the use of railroads from being a part of a mining operation to the first passenger railroads.
