A Land grant is made by a government or other authority as an incentive, means of enabling works, or as a reward for services to an individual, especially in return for military service. The Land grants accelerated the development of the railroad sytem by the land grant basically being a contract for labor, Therefore making others have to work on the railroad system, in return the more people the faster the railroad gets built. The faster the railroad gets built more money is being made and with that being said the more money being made means more railroads for the better ment of the Unites States. Thefore making traveling cargo much easier and just traveling in general eaiser.
The Second Agricultural Revolution's increased agricultural yields allowed a shift away from subsistence farming, leading to a decrease in subsistence farming rather than an increase.
