Although this depends slightly on what period you're referring to during this time, the best answer would be that "Immigrants" made up the largest percentage of workers in American industry during the late nineteenth century, since the economy had shifted towards industrial output as opposed to agrarian output.
To start slave farms since the land was bigger than most up state
The Ice Age had a great effect on where people settled in americans since they were only able to reach North America through the Bering Land Bridge, which was only frozen due to the extremely low temperatures. Without this they would have had no way to leave Siberia.
The Erie Canal is a canal in New York and connects the Great Lakes with New York. Railroads and canal benefit shipping goods because it is faster instead of going by wagon or horse
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No, he was not a god, he was mortal.