When railroads were finished being built in America on 10 May 1869, they instantly touched the American lives. Railroads played a huge role in the rapid economic growth of the late 19th century of America for trade, railroad companies, time, city life, and for the post-Civil War years. During the post-Civil War years by railroads were able to stich up North America together from ocean to ocean. Railroads opened up the West with its wealth of resources. In other words, the West was able to trade its resources easily with the East and the East was able to trade it resources easily with the West (it is more efficient). This made the United States the largest integrated national market in the world. Another important fact would be that the American
