WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Made the country “smaller”
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Put an end to the old stagecoach mail system
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Made the process of shipping raw materials much more efficient
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Railroads were visible symbols of industry and modernity during the Civil War. They were agents of progress, promoters of civilization, and enhancers of democracy which could bind the North and the South together as one nation. They were also the lifeline of the army.
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 United States has the largest rail transport network size of any country in the world, at a total of approximately 160, 000 miles (260, 000 km). The nation’s earliest railroads were built in the 1820s and 1830s, primarily in New England and the Mid-Atlantic region.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Development of the Railways In 1767 Richard Reynolds created a set of rails for moving coal at Coalbrookdale; these were initially wood but became iron rails. In 1801 the first Act of Parliament was passed for the creation of a ‘railway’, although at this point it was a horse pulled carts on rails.