Answer: After the Civil War ended in 1865, the U.S. rail network grew explosively. This expansion connected distant markets and allowed raw materials to be shipped cheaply and quickly from sources in the West and Midwest to factories in the Northeast.
Explanation:
Foreign policy that is aimed aimed at controlling foreign trade by holding colonies and defending them against other foreign powers is: imperialism
Imperialism refers to the view that a country should dominate others in a certain way in order increase its power. Controlling foreign trades by holding colonies is a form of political and economical domination that was popular among Empires in Europe.
A lot of them did return to their families, however the role of women in the factory was actually cemented in American and other cultures upon the war ending, so many women continued to work and even started careers. Cue second wave feminism.
