The American System

As the antebellum era came to a close improvements where made economically to growing America. The canals and roads set forth by Henry Clay’s American System where vastly improved and expanded by elongating and smoothing out the passage ways. The railroad system spider webbed out from more cities connecting people all across the continent. As the improvements spread, new immigrants flooded in from the old world looking for jobs. They looked to build and support their families in the steadily increasing American industrialism. They looked right away to the powerful transportation field. Due to the ease and growth of travel jobs in factories became more accessible to everyone. This increase in employment positively led to an increase in economic growth. Set up by Henry Clay in in the early 1800s the American system provided transportation all throughout the United States. Shifting over to the gilded age these roads became paved, more accessible and easy to use. Roads spread from more and more cities, shortening the distance between the people of the nation. Railroads began to connect the major cities of San Diego and St. Louis or New York and Houston, making travel much faster. These commodities allowed for citizens to commute to job opportunities in other cities and take their families with them. The spread of people and likewise increase of employment helped to increase the prosperity of the nation. All through the middle 1800s America witnessed a boom of immigration from all corners of the globe, looking for a new start to earn more money. Upon arriving in the industrial America, specifically the railroad companies welcomed them with open arms into their factory production lines. The corporations hired these foreigners for cheap wages to do high risk jobs. This increase of hands led to an increase of production which in turn led to the increase of revenue to the factory owners, increasing the prosperity of the America. The growing transportation system