Transcontinental Railroads Effects
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The Transcontinental Railroad impacted the entire United States in many different manners. This project was designed to connect the West to the East, but it didn’t work out as clean or smoothly as they expected. The railroad completely transformed the way of the west, and also the entire population. The three main effects were on Indians, society, and the economy of the United States.
Native Americans were the most affected by the railroad. The Native Americans weren’t allowed to live on their own land anymore which lead to wars and many deaths, mostly to the Indians. Indians viewed nature as sacred, so when miners came in polluting the waterways and other people came in and killed the buffalo for sport,
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The Transcontinental Railroad impacted the entire United States in many different manners. This project was designed to connect the West to the East, but it didn’t work out as clean or smoothly as they expected. The railroad completely transformed the way of the west, and also the entire population. The three main effects were on Indians, society, and the economy of the United States.
Native Americans were the most affected by the railroad. The Native Americans weren’t allowed to live on their own land anymore which lead to wars and many deaths, mostly to the Indians. Indians viewed nature as sacred, so when miners came in polluting the waterways and other people came in and killed the buffalo for sport,