One ways the Erie Canal boosted the United States economy was by opening ways for ships to access the great lakes, Missippi and the West. From the source New York State Canal Corporation Erie Canal made the New York State the nation’s fifth largest seaport. Another ways Erie Canal boosted the United States economy was by made New York ‘sports and harbor more valuable than ever. From the source Virginia Schomp, New York Celebrates the States, Benchmark Erie Canal gave another boost at 1825 to New York seaports. This new water way not only connected the Atlantic Ocean to Great Lakes it cause a terrific increase in industry. Between 1830 and 1860, New York City grew at an astounding rate.
Two ways the Transcontinental Railroad boosted United States economy by Transporting goods and filling up the empty spaces in west and more. In the source F. Silver American History Activates the Transcendental railroad connected the west and the east making faster cheaper safer transportation to west and it bring huge amount of resources form west to east at that time there were more resources on west factory’s was on east so transcontinental l railroad took big part of boosting United states economy there where so many kind of resource for example minerals wood livestock and grain and more important bacon and hams meat was important for people on east . From the source population Abstract of United State the population of San Francisco in 1860 was 56,802 but in 1890 in went up to 298,997 there was some event that happened that change the population in short period of time it was the Transcendental