The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 increased American migration to the west, which was already underway. Americans fought the Native Americans that were settled westward. As a result of the bloody battle white Americans were victorious and the government restricted the Native Americans to small portions of land. Then the railroad was built, allowing communication and commerce to be transformed from coast to coast, making it possible for economic expansion. This caused the rapid population growth of social and agriculture success nationwide. White Americans saw the western expansion as an opportunity; with the railroad built a lot of business owners were able to move their farming business out west by transporting goods from the coasts. Connecting the nation through the system of road, canals, and railroads arisen the new method of transportation giving the fields of agriculture and medicine a jumpstart. By1869, the country linked by rail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
What were the major reasons for the spectacular US industrial expansion after 1865? …show more content…
saw itself with a lot of space and low population, with the idea of international trade and the large amounts of natural resources such as, oil iron and coal, inventions and discoveries, and the massive population growth in the cities, especially of Chinese people whom were brought to help built the rail roads across the country. The American people wanting to find jobs, as well as immigrants. While the government allowed businesses to do their own thing, allowing them to prosper without any intervention; we had also built a more advanced form of transportation. Also, California’s booming economy, the amount of labor to be worked was tremendous. The U.S. allowed these immigrants from all over the world for economic advancement of the country, while at the same time using them for labor and