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What did the railroad building boom during the nineteenth century contribute to?
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Westward expansion in the United States as well as it created even more tension between the North and the South before the Civil War, because as the country grew, decisions had to be made about whether they would be free or slave states or territories. This was one of the causes of the Civil War.
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What nineteenth century industrialist was closely associated with the railroad?
cornelius vanderbilt
Which improvement most dramatically increased the speed and lowered the expense of commerce in the fi rst half of the nineteenth century?
railroad
One can say that Hawaii in the nineteenth century was a microcosm?
one can say that Hawaii in the nineteenth century was a microcosm?
Is 1956 in the nineteenth or twentieth century?
20th century
What was the human cost of building the transcontinental railroad?
Two serious costs of building the transcontinental railroad are monetary costs and the costs of human life. Building a railroad across the country was both expensive money-wise, and it was also dangerous to the men who built the railroads.
How did the surge in population in the US in the late nineteenth century contribute to the development of the computer?
1. How did the surge in population in the United States in the late nineteenth century contribute to the development of the computer?
What nineteenth century industrialist was closely associated with the railroad?
cornelius vanderbilt
Who controlled much of the the railroad industry by the late nineteenth century?
Cornelius vanderbilt
Who controlled much of the railroad industry by the late nineteenth century?
Cornelius vanderbilt
Which technological advance contributed to the growth of suburbs in the late nineteenth century?
New Railroad lines :)
What role did warfare play in the various nineteenth century nation building efforts?
idkk :)
What was the most significant contribution of the railroad to late-nineteenth-century industrializing America?
They went where canals and rivers didn't go.
Which improvement most dramatically increased the speed and lowered the expense of commerce in the fi rst half of the nineteenth century?
railroad
Who was the American civil engineer responsible for much of the railroad construction in the western and southwestern US during the nineteenth century?
Grenville Dodge
The nineteenth century was when?
The nineteenth century was from 1800 - 1899.
2 How did the railroad industry pioneer the economic developments of the late nineteenth century?
It made the transportation of people, goods and services much easier and faster.
How did achievements in science and technology contribute to secularization in the ninetheenthe century?
The achievments in science and technology contributed to the secularization in the nineteenth century because of their marginalization of religion and replacement of supernatural ideas.
