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Approximately 40% ton-miles is moved by train, more than any other mode of transportation in the US. This saves people a lot of money because shipping by rail is cheaper than by truck or plane
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How did railroads and steamboats boost the U.S economy?
Greatly
The railroads helped poorer immigrants from where to get to the US?
Eastern Europe - apex
What were some effects of rapid growth of railroads?
Some effects of rapid growth of railroads were increased trade and faster military transportation. In addition, the banks ran out of loans cause of how rapidly they grew and left the farmers poor.
What were 4 ways that the railroads helped the economy?
they helped the economy buy making it easier for all of the people from place to place
How did the expansion of railroads benefit the economy?
I believe that it stimulated the economy by creating jobs and making easy access around the U.S.
What encouraged industrialization to expand from the eastern part of the US to the West?
Railroads
How did steam power and railroads change the northern economy?
Steam power and railroads changed the northern economy because steam was powerful and it was cheap to run.
How did railroads and steamboats boost the U.S economy?
Greatly
What was the last part of Europe to get railroads?
Eastern Europe.
What describes a characteristic of the north economy?
Industrialization is a characteristic that describes the North's economy. Factories and railroads helped to build the economy in North America.
What is the effects on the economy?
This question is too obscure. The effects of what on the economy?
How did the invention of railroads help poorer immigrants from eastern Europe get to the US?
Railroads made it easier to get to seaports in western Europe.
How did the inventions of the railroads help poorer immigrants from eastern Europe get to the US?
Railroads made it easier to get to seaports in western Europe.
How did the the invention of the railroads help poorer immigrants from eastern Europe get to the US?
Railroads made it easier to get to seaports in western Europe.
How did invention of the railroads help poorer immigrants from Eastern Europe get to the us?
Railroads made it easier to get to seaports in western Europe.
What was the effect of improved transportation on the economy of the US in the early 1800s?
Railroads helped the economy because when people took the railroads to work, across to another state, or anything like that it was equivalent to carpooling.
How railroads effected the American economy?
They can transport more goods, faster.
