MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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They did not help. They just polluted the environment for future generations.
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Helped cows eat more grass and grow bigger when they were moved to the train station by the cowboys.
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Provided a fast way to get crops and animals to the markets
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Provided a way to move the Native Americans farther West at a fast rate.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Railroads allowed products to reach markets they had been shut out from for geographic or economic reasons. If trade was already occurring, railways lowered transportation costs, which lowered prices and increased the demand for goods.
Detailed explanation-2: -Railroads became a major industry, stimulating other heavy industries such as iron and steel production. These advances in travel and transport helped drive settlement in the western regions of North America and were integral to the nation’s industrialization.
Detailed explanation-3: -The railroads benefitted western farmers the most by connecting them and their farms to America’s cities and markets. Farmers could now easily and quickly move their produce and farm goods to the cities to sell, and could import finished, manufactured goods from the industrial east.