WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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They had stable seats, and were easier to control than horses.
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The amount of deaths from transportation plummeted after the invention of the train.
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Trains were faster and cheaper than horses.
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They carried people, raw materials, and goods.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Railroads were designed to move large numbers of passengers or large amounts of freight over long distances. The railroad is the most efficient method of land transportation because it requires the least amount of fuel and human labor and is the least damaging to the environment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Railways have helped in the industrialization process of a country by easy transportation of coal and raw-materials at a cheaper rate. As railways require huge capital outlay, they may give rise to monopolies and work against public interest at large.
Detailed explanation-3: -Trains are fast and the least affected by usual weather turbulences like rain or fog, compared to other transport mechanisms. Rail transport is better organised than any other medium of transport. It has fixed routes and schedules.
Detailed explanation-4: -The railroad opened the way for the settlement of the West, provided new economic opportunities, stimulated the development of town and communities, and generally tied the country together.
Detailed explanation-5: -In particular, old traditional methods of hand production were replaced by the use of machines, leading to large-scale factory production. The railroads had a fairly large impact on the Industrial Revolution. Railroads could transport materials needed faster than before, which helped factories produce goods.