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- 1. History Of Railroads
Railroads were born in England, a country of dense population, short distances, and large financial resources. In England problems were very different from those in America, which in the early 1800s was a nation of great distances, sparse population, and limited capital. Americans had to learn to build railroads for their own country by actual expe
2. Industrial Transformation: Economic Development Between 1865-1900
The economic transformation is often times viewed as a threat to Americas democracy due to many reasons. The main reason being, to me, that industrialist were becoming grossly wealthy, and they were making breakthroughs in just about every field available to them in that time frame. There were some major name that are still refereed to today in t
3. Industrialization American
Between 1865 and 1920, industrialization caused significant changes in many peoples lives. First, the development of a new railroad system help settle the west and made it more accessible to people. Second, public transit systems in big cities provided an outlet from congested cities. Last, the discovery of a method for transmitting electricity he
4. Ohio
had a major role in moving the country toward big business industrialization. First of all, it was s population that moved from rural areas to urban settings. In 1860, eighty-three percent of was rural. In 1880, only sixty-eight percent of the population was rural. Finally, by 190, only fifty-two percent of s population was rural, and in 1920, more
5. Chisholm Trail
When the railroads moved west to the Great Plains, the "Cattle Boom" began. Southern Texas became a major ranching area with the raising of longhorn cattle from Mexico. Cattle was branded by the rawhides who guarded them on horseback on the ranges. Before the Civil War, small herds of Texas cattle were driven by the cowboys to New Orleans, some as