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What helped connect the east with the west in the 1800s?
The Transcontinental Railroad linked the East to the West.
What was invented in the 1800s to improve land transportation?
Railroads; the transcontinental railroad was essential to the development.
Which industry probably benefited least from the expansion of the railroad system in the late 1800s?
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Which business did cornelius vanderbilt control by the late 1800s?
Railroads
Why did the government offer railroad companies land?
no there was no govement in the 1800s it was not fair cause they had slaves back then
In the mid-1800s what was Georgia's main railroad company?
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Where did the union pacific railroad end in the 1800s?
Council Bluffs, Missouri and connected with the central pacific line which was satrted from San Fransico Bay, CA
What statement best describes what Manifest Destiny meant to many Americans during the 1800s?
The United States should own the land between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
Is the 1800s Underground Railroad Under the ground?
No, its called the underground railroad because they were "hidden".
What does short line reading and Pennsylvania have in common?
The names are all 1800s Railroads: The Short Line Railroad; The Reading Railroad; and the Pennsylvania Railroad.
How did the underground railroad affect american history in the 1800s?
i do not now
How did the US government encourage the growth of the railroad industry in the late 1800's?
In the late 1800s, the U.S. government encouraged the growth of the railroad industry primarily through land grants and financial subsidies. The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 provided large tracts of land and loans to railroad companies to build transcontinental railroads, which connected the East and West coasts. This support not only facilitated transportation and commerce but also stimulated westward expansion and economic development. Additionally, the government implemented policies that favored railroad construction, further promoting the industry's rapid growth.
Who is the Underground Railroad?
The Underground Railroad was not a person or a railroad, it was a network of secret routes that allowed slaves to escape to free states in the mid 1800s, created by Harriet Tubman.
Providence that America should go from sea to sea?
During the 1800s, the popular belief in America was that God had ordained that American's should travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. This belief was known as Manifest Destiny.
In the 1800s what opened up the western US to immigration and business?
it is transcontinental railroad
Which made up the largest portion of the workforce in which industry during the 1800s?
Railroad
What grain was grown on Georgia's Atlantic Coast in the 1800s?
rice
