Industrialization In The 1800s Essay

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During the 1800s to early 1900s, an era of industrialization spread throughout the United States. The Industrial Revolution was a historic period that changed how people worked and lived, transportation was one of the main advances of the Industrial age. These new methods of transportation improved the lives of many, without the transportation revolution the U.S likely would have remained a rural nation and not connected by the ever easier transportation of people and goods. The introduction of railroads provided the most dramatic transportation growth. Before the industrial revolution, local transportation was by walking, riding a horse, or a horse drew carriage. For those rare occasions when they traveled longer distances, people still walked

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