HIST 2057 Chapter : The Closing Of The West 1865
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The closing of the west 1865-1890 part i1/27/2012 7:40:00 pm. Post civil war to turn of century south and west becoming more like the majority of the country (ne and midwest) How the west developed more like the north, distinctive from the way the south did. Transcontinental railroad: government actively engaging in supporting transportation, business (cattle industry), farms and homesteads, railroad most important because other things cant occur without railroad, travel to west = dangerous, massive area, rugged plains, mountain chains. Finance corp. : charter/ license, incentive railroad companies get land. For every 1 mile of railroad get 10 square mile plots of land: 5 square miles on each side. Depends on terrain building on: plains flat, easier to build on, ,000 each mile, mountainous terrain, ,000 mile. Own money not going into building: absolutely no investment into building railroads but can make profit off it, 2nd bill.
