Cornelius vanderbilt was the man who built america's railroads in the 19th century. This affected the United States greatly in the 19th century. This growth in railroads affected how goods were shipped to how people go from place to place. This led to the prices of many good to become lower than before the railroads. Vanderbilt would ship many goods across his railroads. His rails connected large cities such as New York city to Chicago. Shipping on railroads was fast and cheap because of competing railroads. Vanderbilt would charge cheaper fairs so more people would ship with his railroad driving other business to go bankrupt. The american people had never had good be so cheap in any other time in history before than. This led to many americans
