November 4, 2012
U.S. History
In what ways did developments in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820-1860?
Development in transportation helped each area of the United States. Those areas were the South, North and the new west. Transportation helped each area develop economically and socially.
Transportation helped by making the South making money by sending cotton to the north so they can manufacture clothes. This helped the south a lot, because they refused to manufacture and industrialize like the north. The only disadvantage about the south making more money by sending cotton to the north and west was that they became more reliant on their slaves. The development