The salaries increased, sometimes drastically some times slowly. An average worker in the 1900 had a salary between 256$ and $439 per year, while in 1929 the average salary was between 752$ and 1164$ per year. This all stopped and became much much worse when the great depression hit in the thirties which left the economy devastated.
The geography influenced the economic development of New York, Boston, and Charleston, because they were all ports and this helped with trade (both import and export). There were many ships coming in and coming out and also due to this, many communities started settling there and towns started booming due to the growing amount of people.
Answer:
Option: d. advanced the cause of a southern route for the transcontinental railroad.
Explanation:
In 1853, James Gadsden bought a strip of land from Mexican for $10 million. The Gadsden Purchase was a treaty in which the United States got some land from Mexico present Arizona and New Mexico. The purpose of this land was to build a railroad to California called the southern transcontinental railroad.
Democrats spend a lot of money during elections and that money could go to help the country instead of a stupid campaign trail
