WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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African American
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European Immigrant
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Mexican American
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Asian Immigrant
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Detailed explanation-1: -The transcontinental railroad impacted U.S. commerce in a positive manner. It made it much faster to ship raw materials from the west to factories in the east. It also made it much quicker and cheaper to ship finished goods all over the country. Products became more widely available.
Detailed explanation-2: -TEKS 15A: Which statement describes how the Transcontinental Railroad affected the United States during the late 1800s? The railroad contributed to the rapid settlement and growth of towns in the West.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chinese immigrants and Mexican Americans in the age of westward expansion. Like Native Americans, Mexican Americans and Chinese immigrants suffered harsh consequences due to relentless westward expansion by whites in the nineteenth century.
Detailed explanation-4: -Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined-by God, its advocates believed-to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.