USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -How did advances in transportation link resources, products, and markets? Railroads were key-Railroads could reach interior areas, including places where an inadequate water supply or rough terrain made canals impossible. By 1860, a network of thirty thousand miles linked most of the nation’s major cities and towns.

Detailed explanation-2: -An abundance of raw materials was one reason for the nation’s industrial success. The United States had vast natural resources, including timber, coal, iron, and copper. This meant that American companies could obtain resources cheaply and did not have to import them from other countries.

Detailed explanation-3: -America has the world’s largest reserves of coal. This abundant source of energy helped fuel U.S. growth during the Industrial Revolution. It fueled steamships and steam-powered railroads. After the Civil War, coke, a derivative of coal, was used to fuel the iron blast furnaces that made steel.

Detailed explanation-4: -Though many individuals went West for the Gold and Silver Rushes, companies mainly focused on minerals that were needed in production. Some of these minerals were coal, zinc, copper, limestone, and iron ore. Coal, iron ore, and limestone were the three most important minerals during U.S. Industrialization.