The main impact of the Westward expansion in the US during the mid 19th century was that hundreds of settlers migrated west after a new life. With the help of the Federal government, the migrants started to develop the region, to improve the land, to do cattle farming and when the Railway came the migration boom came.
This made possible the region to become develop with farms, small cities and become one of the most important regions of the US.
Railroad companies rejected workers’ requests for higher wages.
Explanation:
Railroad workers during the second half of the 19th century were paid very poorly, and in 1873 a financial panic contributed to worsening their economic life.
