USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -All railroads had agents in eastern seaboard cities to greet immigrants, arrange their transportation west, and make sure that no rival company lured away prospective settlers. Agencies were also set up in Europe.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -New York gained the most from the new transportation routes built in this era. Railroads had so many advantages over canals that, where free competition existed, they almost always prevailed.

Detailed explanation-5: -It made it easier for settlers to move west and also promoted westward expansion more than anything else.