Question

During the 19th century, the completion of the erie canal and the transcontinental railroads contributed to the industrial growth of the united states by

Answer 1

The Erie Canal and the transcontinental railroad helped industrial growth by making the shipping of goods and resources more efficient. These developments had several positive outcomes including:

1) Shipping goods became cheaper.
2) The amount of time it took to ship goods from city to city decreased.
3) Connecting cities/states that before these were made, had very limited opportunities to do business.
4) Allowing businesses to increase the amount of consumers they could sell their product to.