Progressive Part 1 Movements

What effect does railroad expansion have on industry?
-Could transport large amounts of goods quickly and efficiently,Because linked the nation could obtain raw materials easily and sell goods to larger number of people

Describe how the transcontinental railroad comes to be:
-Private companies were the ones that build railroads not gov

Describe the effect the transcontinental railroad had on Chinese immigrants:
-Under harsh conditions and with little regard for their safety as they chipped and blasted through Rockies

Describe the effects of the transcontinental railroad:
-Tied nation together, moved products and people, and stimulated industrial growthStimulated Growths of Towns and cities with prospectors buying land where railroad might be an existing towns lobbying to be on the route. Intensified conflicts with Indians and Mexican American communities as demand for land grew