An annotated bibliography contains all the sources that provided information for your research project. It differs from a regular bibliography in that each entry includes a brief explanation about how the source was used, how it helped you understand your topic, and whether it is a primary or secondary resource. In this assignment, you will supply three of your sources with annotation. Submit this assignment for a grade by the end of Lesson 5.…
The period from 1870 to 1900 was without a doubt one of the most important and influential chapters of American History characterized mostly by rapid industrial development. As large corporations grew during the late 19th century one grew faster and larger than the rest; railroads. The expansion of the American frontier required a means to better transport crops from isolated agrarian communities to larger cities and towns, as well as settle the western plains and the solution lay in railroads;…
In the late 1850's-1860s there was a great breakthrough in the mode of transportation with the development of railroad systems. Around this era the US railroad system began to reach approximately 30,000 miles of railroad tracks. This was a great breakthrough on many levels.…
The creation of the railroads was a positive thing. Extensive railroad construction in the 1800s transformed the Unite States by linking sections of the nation. This transformation was definitely advantageous. However, it also had its negative effects on the nation.…
Railroads first began to appear in the 1830s and used largely as feed lines to the canals.1 Baltimore city was the site of the first railroad in the united sates and was know Baltimore and Ohio railroad.3 Since the city did not invest in canals they began to look at other ways to be more competitive with cities such as New York and the Erie Canal when it came to transporting people and goods.3 This sparked the idea of a railroad, which was a way of transportation used in Great Britain and soon enough all of America could not see their future without railroad transportation.3 The formation, construction and operation or railroads brought profound social, economic and political change to the United States at the time.3 Although the cost of a railway ticket were much higher then steamboats they were twice as fast and offered more direct route for people to go exactly were they…
Railroads In the 1800s, the United States was becoming an industrial country and discovering the country around them. Immigrants and citizens were moving west. Inventors were creating new, easier, and more logical ways of doing things. With all the expansion going on, there needed to be a way for people to get around faster and transport goods.…
Railroads fueled industrial growth as it transported people, agricultural products, and raw materials products in an inexpensive and swifter approach. Railroads such as the Pennsylvania Railroad used a technique to limit its competition and kept their prices high as they bought seventy-three smaller lines and forced them out of business. They became so important to industrialization that document 2 proved to state that railroad mileage expanded from approximately 30,000 miles to almost 200,000 miles. In just less than thirty years, Nevada, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming became a state in America. Railroads created new economic opportunities, stimulated the development of towns and communities, and generally tied the country…
Railroads should be considered one of the most revolutionary economic developments of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Railroads needed to carry as much product as possible to make a profit. This lead to the construction of “feeder lines” that connected smaller cities to the main “trunk lines” that serviced the big cities. The growth of the railroads also increased steel production, coal mining, and technological breakthroughs like the air brake and Pullman sleeping car (Hawksworth, 2001).…
During the chapter it was mostly about the transportation revolution. The transportation revolution was between 1800 and 1840 and it was basically the time when roads and canals were built to transport different things like people or goods. Next came the Market Revolution this revolution it replaced the hand made products with different power machines that could do more. In the early 19th century the putting out system came about this is when raw goods were made in homes. During the Commercial Agriculture in the old northwest by the 1850 the northwest was the nation’s agriculture heartland.…
Transportation has played a significant part in the development of spurring economic and industrial growth in America. Between 1820 through 1860, the groundwork of transportation such as the highway system, railroads, and canals began to develop new aspects of American life. The development of transportation helped increase industrialization, sectionalism, and expansion.…
Can you imagine living in a car for six months? If not then try to imagine how hard it would be to be living in a wagon that is always moving. Everyone having to pitch in by either collecting firewood, walking beside the wagon to make the load lighter for the horses, or taking care of seven or eight children, the exhaustion knocking you out every night. Then when you finally get to the land you travelled so far to get a piece of, there is more work then thought. The railroads changed all of that worry and hard labor. On September 8th, 1883 the railroad came to Washington State making almost everything a lot easier. The railroads had a major influence on Washington’s development. The railroad affected the economic, geographic, and psychological aspects of Washington State.…
Have you ever wondered how trains and railroads changed life in America? History argues over the impact of railroads. History claims that the contribution of railroads was crucial in American development. Others, such as Robert Fogel, maintain that the impact of railroad transportation was not as crucial in the development in America (Early American Railroads). The issue may be a controversial one, but the fact remains that train transportation, the building of trains, and the development of the railroad system changed America. The impact of the railroad changed jobs, towns, travel, lifestyles, as well as the physical face of the United States of America.…
You would think it would be easy to avoid colliding with a giant 200 ton train, well apparently it’s not. According to operation lifesaver, a nonprofit organization that promotes railroad safety, a car or pedestrian is hit by a train every 3 hours. Obviously some education is needed on being safe around railroads.…
It fascinates me how the human mind has developed from the beginning of time, till now. I mean technology itself has transformed the word. New inventions are created each day, improving machines, and almost everything. Throughout history people have created things that have made life easier. Transportation has always been very important. It has been a huge part of history. Of course like every other resource it had its pros and cons. Automobiles, airplanes, boats, and trains during the 1800s were all being invented.…
Another big impact of the railway was that it created jobs. For example they need people to drive the trains to places, they needed people to build more trains, and people tried making designs of better, faster, safer and stronger trains. Most importantly, people needed engineers to fix the problems of trains (breakdown, or overheating).The effect of this was very good because more people got into the makings of trains. This is why trains got better and better.…