“If a Western Rip Van Winkle had fallen asleep in 1869 and awakened in 1896, he would not have recognized the lands that the railroads had touched. Bison had yielded to cattle; mountains had been blasted and bored. Great swaths of land that had once whispered grass now screamed corn and ...
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It remained largely unsettled until the arrival of railroads. When both North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted to the Union, in November 1889, President Benjamin Harrison didn't reveal which bill he signed first., Much of the land in North Dakota is devoted to farming, and much of the...
RailroadsScienceTransportationThe building of the transcontinental railroad in the US Central West in the late 1860s greatly improved access to this region and led to the expansion of scientific field work. The relationships between science and the railroad spanned a diverse spectrum, ranging from ...
224. it was steel that built American railroads, 225. it was steel that built American shipping. 226. By the beginning of the 20th century, 227. he was one of the wealthiest men in America. 228. Pittsburgh transforms from a sleepy town ...
expansiontheconstructionofrailroadsbeginninginthe1830smarkedthestartofanewerafortheUnitedStates. Question Can you think of any reasons why America has developed into the rich and affluent country?Any opportunities? Advantages?Principal idea in economy: FreeEnterpriseKey conceptsCapitalismLaissez-faireEconomicfr...
a period of rapid growth in U.S. manufacturing after war Railroads transcontinental, funded privately or by the government, created time zones, and were important for industrializing. Gilded age 1870s - 1890s; time period looked good on the outside, but many were poor and few were very rich...
Compared with canals, railroads could be built almost anywhere with sufficient financial capital. Life on the frontier was downright grim for most pioneer families. John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1824, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a "corrupt bargain" when he ...
5. Railroads westward expansion the construction of railroads beginning in the 1830s marked the start of a new era for the United States. Question Can you think of any reasons why America has developed into the rich and affluent country? Any opportunities? Advantages? Principal idea in economy:...
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