WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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* Blasting tunnels through mountains* Building bridges across rivers * Leveling hills and filling hollows
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permanent housing for immigrants.
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canals that linked the Midwest to the Northeast.
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a transcontinental railroad.
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a harbor on the Mississippi River.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The completion of the Erie Canal spurred the first great westward movement of American settlers, gave access to the rich land and resources west of the Appalachians and made New York the preeminent commercial city in the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cities in the South emerged as centers for textile mills. Immigrants settled in the Midwest to establish small farms. Slavery increased in the Northeast as industrialization expanded. Plantation systems in the South were replaced by large businesses.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which pull factor accounted for much of Chinese immigration to the United States in the mid-1800s? A famine caused by the failure of a staple food crop.
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