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Increased Demand Economic Growth
1,387 wordsFor a number of reasons, business enterprise in New York grew by leaps and bounds between 1825 and 1860. New York's growth between the years 1825 and 1860 can be attributed to a number of factors. These include but cannot be limited to the construction of the Erie Canal, the invention of the telegraph, the developed of the railroads, the establishment of Wall Street and banking, the textile, shipping, agriculture and new paper industries, the development of steam power and the use of iron produc...
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Effect Of The Railroads On United States
1,518 wordsThere were numerous revolutionary inventions that contributed to the giant leap made by some nations during the Industrial Revolution. From inventions in the textile industry to inventions in transportation, these many innovations played a central role in the rise of the industrial nations. Among the significant inventions that contributed foremost to the rise of nations such as the United States, the railroad stands out. The railway system originated in the European nation, England, which had a...
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United States Economy Knights Of Labor
1,304 wordsDuring the industrial revolution in the United States, tremendous economic prosperity resulted in social and political unrest. It seemed the rich were getting richer while the poor remained poor. The middle class was forged out of the industrial revolution but would be challenged at this time. Large influxes of immigrants would also create tensions among the social classes. Furthermore, textile, steel, railroad, and automobile industries were growing exponentially, employing thousands. The class...
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Westward Expansion Civil War
1,035 wordsThe economy of 1810 - 1860 was on the rise to one of the worlds best of the time and they pushed through with new inventions, westward expansion, immigration, slavery, highways and steamboats, and railroads. This time period was just after the industrial revolution and America is starting to become a true nation some thirty years after they gained their independence. One of the most influential inventions of the time was in 1837 by John Deere of Illinois, with the steel plow. This replaced the o...
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The War Between States American Civil
1,339 wordsThe American Civil War is sometimes called the War Between the States, the War of Rebellion, or the War for Southern Independence. It began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, and lasted until May 26, 1865, when the last Confederate army surrendered. The war took more than 600, 000 lives, destroyed property valued at $ 5 billion, brought freedom to 4 million black slaves, and opened wounds that have not ...
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Millions Of Dollars Transcontinental Railroad
2,899 wordsBUILDING THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD From the time when locomotives first set their immense wheels onto the frigid iron of parallel rails, Americans longed for a means of transportation which would connect the separate regions of California and the Eastern states. This need for connection, fueled by manifest destiny led to the building of the first transcontinental railroad. Expansion of the railroads would have been postponed indefinitely without the unfair support the government provid...
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Pierpont Morgan Hartford Connecticut
5,030 wordsJohn Pierpont Morgan is considered one of the founding fathers of the modern United States economy. He was an industrial genius that is accredited with the founding of many companies including General Electric and AT&# 038; T. However, Pierpont is looked upon as a saint and demon the same. He received a honorary degree from Harvard university that read: Public citizen, patron of literature and art, prince among merchants, who by his skill, wisdom and courage, has twice in times of stress repelle...
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Technological Advance East Coast
515 wordsThe Effects of Railroads on Washington State Railroads brought crowds of people to the northwest looking for a new life, and made transportation around the northwest easier and faster. They also provided jobs in the northwest which brought many immigrants to Seattle, and revolutionized the way people in Washington lived allowing news, information, and technology to spread freely. In 1883, a railway connecting the Puget Sound with Portland and the east coast was completed (Le Warne 166). This was...
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19 Th Century Union Pacific
822 wordsMaury Klein? s? A Hell of a Way to Run a Railroad, ? gives a new perspective of reliable transportation. During much of the 19 th century railroads dominated the American industrial landscape. The railroad enabled people to travel farther and also more widely. The railroad was one of the greatest technological advancements of the 19 th century. Two hundred thousand miles of track were laid by 1900. The railroad began to symbolize American prosperity. By the 1890 s the rail industry was near coll...
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National Unity Railroads Pac
615 words1. ) How have our viewpoints on the Industrial Rev. changed relative to the viewpoints during the Rev? a. ) European immigrants were plentiful and provided cheap labor, we were booming in comparison to Europe but we also had more people than them therefore the product per capita was down. b. ) Used to think good to have huge market but instead of having to travel 00 miles, had to travel 1000 miles, etc. 2. ) Explain what railroad through meant. a. ) The people were excited about the railroads, n...
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Civil War Pacific Building Railroads
298 wordsHistory 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 1800 s was a nation of great distances, sparse population, and limited capital. Americans had to learn to build railroads for their own country by actual experience; they could not copy English methods. The first American railroads started from the Atlantic ports of Boston, Mass. ; New...
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J P Morgan U S Steel
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Standard Oil Company John D Rockefeller
965 wordsJohn D. Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller (July 8, 1839 May 23, 1937) was the guiding force behind the creation and development of the Standard Oil Company, which grew to dominate the oil industry and became one of the first big trusts in the United States, thus engendering much controversy and opposition regarding its business practices and form of organization. Rockefeller also was one of the first major philanthropists in the U. S. , establishing several important foundations and donating ...
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John D Rockefeller Standard Oil
775 wordsJohn D. Rockefeller is one of the most famous names in American business, finance, and philanthropy. Rockefeller is known for making his fortune in the oil business. He was actually the world? s richest man at one time. This paper will discuss his background, how he accumulated his wealth and his generosity to society. Rockefeller was born in Richard, New York in 1839, the son of a peddler. At the age of 14, Rockefeller? s parents moved to Ohio. While living in Cleveland, Rockefeller went to sch...
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Nineteenth Century Populist Party
604 wordsThe Populist Party, a third political party that originated in America in the latter part of the nineteenth century, derived as a result of farmer discontent and economic distress. This was caused by the countrys shift from an agricultural American life to one in which industrialists dominated the nations development. The public felt as if they were being cheated by these robber barons, a term given to those who took advantage of the middle and lower classes. As a result of this significant tran...
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University Of Chicago East And The West
2,445 wordsThe nation network of railroads laid from 1848 through the Civil War, and the steam powered locomotives that traversed them, supplied Chicago with vast new markets, resources, and people who quickly transformed it from a quiet Frontier village into a highly populated industrial powerhouse. The Chicago of 1830 was hardly a city at all. Fort Dearborn located near the fork of what is now the Chicago River was bogged down with mud and tormented by disease and Indian wars. By the 1833 when the city w...
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