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How did railroad construction most promote agricultural development in the American West?
Primarily by making freight transportation, both east and west, much cheaper and faster.
Farmers in the West could ship there products to Eastern markets more easily and safely and, they could buy farming equipment make in the East much more cheaply.
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Which development was most important to the settlement of the west?
completion of the Erie canal and of the transcontinental railroad
Which of the following contributed most directly to the American westward expansion?
The continental railroad.
What is the cattle frontier?
The development of the railroad made it profitable to raise cattle on the Great Plains. In 1860, some five-million longhorn cattle grazed in the Lone Star state. Cattle that could be bought for $3 to $5 a head in Texas could be sold for $30 to $50 at railroad shipping points in Abilene or Dodge City in Kansas.
How did western ranchers and farmers get their product's to eastern markets?
Railroad
Did the English start the first transcontinental railroad?
No. The English have nowhere to build a transcontinental railroad; they are on an island. The US was the first to begin such a railroad - aptly named the First Trascontinental Railroad - and the Russians soon followed with the Trans-Siberian Railway.
What was the most important factor in the development of an American transportation system?
the railroad
What was the most important factor in the development of the American transportation system?
the railroad
The anticipated economic stimulus which would help the development of Kansas and Nebraska was?
A key economic stimulus for the development of Kansas and Nebraska was the construction of the transcontinental railroad, which linked the East Coast to the West Coast, facilitating trade and transportation. Additionally, the Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged settlement and agricultural development in both states by offering free land to homesteaders.
Why did a slowdown in railroad construction hurt the economy?
Why did a slowdown in railroad construction hurt the economy
How did the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad open up Siberia for development?
It allows people to travel into the Asian part of Russia.
What drove the pace of railroad construction to the US?
What drove the base of railroad construction in the United States
Southern newspaper editor who tirelessly promoted industrialization as the salvation of the economically?
Theodore Dehone Judah, an early advocate for the First Transcontinental Railroad, lobbying for its construction and eventual development across the American West.
How was Chinese and Irish immigrants in the mid-1800s contributed to the development of a transcontinental railroad system by?
providing low-cost labor for its construction
Who founded plano?
Plano was founded by settlers in the 1840s in what is now the state of Texas. The city's growth was fueled by railroad development and agricultural opportunities in the region.
What development helped encourage the american expansion to the west in the mid 1800s?
Some inventions that helped were the railroad, barbed wire, and the telegraph.
What opportunities included jobs in the far west for African American?
Railroad construction, cattle ranching and mining(all of the above)
What was the transcontinental railroad act?
The Transcontinental Railroad Acts, also known as the Pacific Railroad acts, were acts passed in the early 1860s to encourage the construction of the transcontinental railroad. Construction was incentivized by giving land and bonds to the railroad companies.
