B) The mining and cattle ranching industries increased in the West.
Railroad made transporting resources and goods to cities to be manufactured and processed which encouraged growth in the western industries.
Mining for gold, silver, iron, and tin contributed to production of manufactured goods. The ability to make money off of the mining industry attracted settlers. Ranching also increased in production with land opening up in the southwest and railroads connecting ranching areas to major meatpacking cities, like Chicago.
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imagine you are a king/queen and its time for you to step down as reining monarch, your mother and father are your predecesors and therefore your son or daughter would be heir, normally its the first born child
By today's standards this period in the US wasn't very democratic, since minorities and women and poor people could not vote. It became less equal because of wealth disparities.
