Railroads encouraged settlement in the west because they opened up economic opportunities in the west. Through the railroad, products from west coast could be transported back to the East and vice-versa and thereby opening up the markets of the west and also Asia to the East.
To exploit the new business opportunities, people began to move and settle in the west. Within 10 years of its completion, the railroad shipped $50 million worth of freight coast to coast every year. It ensured a production boom and was America's first technology corridor
The United States finally decided to join the World War I on side of the Allies mainly because of the following 2 reasons:
* The first one was the proposal made to Mexico in order to join the war against the allies, which meant the war was getting closer to American land.
* The second one was the German submarine attacks on American merchant ships.
After these two events took place, Woodrow Wilson the American president at the time talked to the Congress and requested it to declare war on Germany. And finally the Congress declared the war on April 6th, 1917.
A. Because if you only hear from one side of a war then you only get their side of the story, and there are always two sides to a story
They created a new economy by recognizing the issues that the poor people faced in 1890s to 1920. Remember the rich made off money of the poor, after a while when the poor discovered that was happening. Workers went on strike for the such low income and working conditions.
They died from cold,starvation and diseases such as influenza.
