Social Changes In Our Nation: Start Of The Nineteenth Century
Drastic Changes in Our Nation
Imagine life without telephone’s, electricity, only being able to shop at the towns general store, and the only transportation one had was to travel by horse’s in wagon’s or by horseback which would take hours or even months to get anywhere. This is how life was for American’s in the begin of the Nineteenth Century, but by the end of the Nineteenth Century things had changed drastically. The Civil War had finally come to an end, and a new era was arriving with promise of a bright future for our nation, and it all started with the building of the Rail Road’s.
It’s a misconception that the construction …show more content…
This type of capital came from American and European investor’s, and the local and Federal Governments supplied the rest of the money as well as donating millions of acres of land and grants for the building of the rail road’s. In return for the aid of the Government, Congress then required that the railroad’s would carry government freight, army troops, and mail at a considerably reduced rates. Which helped the government save almost One Billion …show more content…
Before, people would have to take a horse and buggy were where they wanted to go, and if you were traveling far it would take months to arrive at your destination. With the railroad, your time spent traveling was cut down drastically. People were amazed at how fast you could get somewhere in half the time. Railroad’s also paved the way for a new type of traveling. Produce goods from one part of the country could not be bought and sold in another part of the country, once chain stores came into the picture merchandise could be bought in one part of the country and then shipped to another part. Entrepreneur’s and Inventor’s saw the railroad’s as their road to greater and bigger things.
Oil once was thought of being annoying and useless until one chemists discovered ways that it could be useful and then “Black Gold Fever” struck. Entrepreneur’s would bottle it up and patent it. Patent’s were becoming the next big thing for entrepreneur’s and inventors. During 1850’s less than two thousand patents were issued to inventor’s, but by 1880’s and 1890’s this number had reached more than twenty thousand per year and this number kept increasing
Imagine life without telephone’s, electricity, only being able to shop at the towns general store, and the only transportation one had was to travel by horse’s in wagon’s or by horseback which would take hours or even months to get anywhere. This is how life was for American’s in the begin of the Nineteenth Century, but by the end of the Nineteenth Century things had changed drastically. The Civil War had finally come to an end, and a new era was arriving with promise of a bright future for our nation, and it all started with the building of the Rail Road’s.
It’s a misconception that the construction …show more content…
This type of capital came from American and European investor’s, and the local and Federal Governments supplied the rest of the money as well as donating millions of acres of land and grants for the building of the rail road’s. In return for the aid of the Government, Congress then required that the railroad’s would carry government freight, army troops, and mail at a considerably reduced rates. Which helped the government save almost One Billion …show more content…
Before, people would have to take a horse and buggy were where they wanted to go, and if you were traveling far it would take months to arrive at your destination. With the railroad, your time spent traveling was cut down drastically. People were amazed at how fast you could get somewhere in half the time. Railroad’s also paved the way for a new type of traveling. Produce goods from one part of the country could not be bought and sold in another part of the country, once chain stores came into the picture merchandise could be bought in one part of the country and then shipped to another part. Entrepreneur’s and Inventor’s saw the railroad’s as their road to greater and bigger things.
Oil once was thought of being annoying and useless until one chemists discovered ways that it could be useful and then “Black Gold Fever” struck. Entrepreneur’s would bottle it up and patent it. Patent’s were becoming the next big thing for entrepreneur’s and inventors. During 1850’s less than two thousand patents were issued to inventor’s, but by 1880’s and 1890’s this number had reached more than twenty thousand per year and this number kept increasing