WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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by providing sharecroppers a means of travel
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by providing farmers with the means of getting their crops to market
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by providing Native Americans a means to sell fur
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by providing the bison a place to roam freely
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Detailed explanation-1: -The railroads created bureaus and sent agents to the East and to Europe to attract potential settlers on these lands. Portraying the West as a land of limitless opportunity, the bureaus offered long-term loans and free transportation to the West.
Detailed explanation-2: -The railroads provided the efficient, relatively cheap transportation that made both farming and milling profitable. They also carried the foodstuffs and other products that the men and women living on the single-crop bonanza farms needed to live.
Detailed explanation-3: -Land, mining, and improved transportation by rail brought settlers to the American West during the Gilded Age. New agricultural machinery allowed farmers to increase crop yields with less labor, but falling prices and rising expenses left them in debt.
Detailed explanation-4: -Railways have played a significant role in agricultural development. Agriculture was only able to become commercialised with the assistance of the railway. Farmers can now sell their agricultural products to far-flung locations, as well as sell them for a profit on the global market.