constructing railroads‚ promoting and protecting the land‚ and removing the Indian tribes. Railroads were an integral part of the west; without them the West would not be successful. The distance of the west from the rest of the country was large and the only way to reach the west was through a long‚ tiresome journey by wagon. The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 paved the way for the expansion of the railroads. The Act gave companies land to build railroads. The faster the company built the railroad‚ the faster
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Cattlemen‚ miners‚ and railroads had all greatly impacted the United States‚ but of the groups railroads held the most significant impact on the United States and the growth of the nation. For years wild cattle had wandered the western open range until protein-rich beef was in demand to feed city dwellers in the east and miners as well as soldiers in the west. High demand for cattle increased the cattle industry and cattlemen. After the arrival
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advances led to an economic and physical growth. Inventions brought a continuous growth in the population. New modes of transportation created a highly affective trading system. The three most important technological advances were the Erie Canal‚ Railroads‚ and the cotton gin. Built in 1825‚ the Erie Canal brought an enormous growth of wealth to New York by linking New York to the Great Lakes (Doc 1A). The Erie Canal changed New York from the fifth largest seaport to the busiest port in America
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changes that occurred were the growth of railroads and the rise of cities or monopolists. They were a big part in changing America’s society. The growth of railroads was a huge impact on American society. Railroads started growing creating more job opportunities. Many people moved from their rural farms to cities to get factory jobs. In the 1850s most Americans were farmers‚ but by 1900 about half of the U.S.’s population was living in cities. Railroads made it possible to ship products from factories
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I am interested in researching the urban legend of John Henry. The legend of John Henry is about an African American male who manually works on a railroad with a hammer and was proud of his work. Others working on the railroad could not match or exceed John Henrys capabilities as it pertained to hammering railroad spikes. It usually took three workers to do the same job that he could do all by himself‚ just that alone caused a lot of jealousy and animosity for some people. This topic is important
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technological advances and railroads spreading across the nation‚ both modernizing agriculture. New technological advances made farming easier with new inventions such as barbed wire and reapers. However‚ new technology advancements became too expensive for average American farmers to afford. Economic conditions became intolerable for farmers as railroad companies charged high shipping rates. In the government‚ policies were made that favored big corporations‚ such as railroad companies over the small
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initiation of railroads and the growth of American Industries played a very important role in the growth of the country. Railroads made it businesses able to spread their product throughout the nation and Industries raised the Manufacturing rate and profit. These two advancements benefited our citizens greatly‚ but had its flaws and downsides. From the period of 1850 through 1871 The Federal governments gave huge land grants to encourage the building of the railroads. The railroads represented trade
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Born poor ‚ Vanderbilt had used his obvious aptitude for business‚ and luck to amass his empire‚ involving himself in the steam engine‚ both on land and sea. He tried and succeeded in connecting the railway to create a very large monopoly over the railroad system during his lifetime. Being involved in transportation‚ this was very important because transportation was the most important and lucrative business
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is Cornelius Vanderbilt. He was worth a million of dollars because he was very big in the railroad industry. He also had most of the big railroads all across the country that he used. Vanderbilt used these railroads to make money by transporting peoples goods that they needed to get in some places. They paid him to transport their things to like another state. He had a lot of competition for the railroads and one of his main competitors was John D. Rockefeller. They both had a lot to transport
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Damian Rodriguez Professor Vasquez U.S History 101 13 February 2014 Exam 1 Does Zinn argue that the Fourteenth Amendment was an effective tool in protecting African Americans? The Fourteenth Amendment was created to “protect” African Americans‚ but were they really protected? Disenfranchisement‚ the Civil Rights Act of 1875 and the Cruikshank decision of 1876 shows how the Fourteenth Amendment failed to protect African Americans. When the Fourteenth
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