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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

RAILROADS

  • A new, quicker way for people to go around the country
  • The ability to trade goods at a faster pace
  • Will lead to better state relationships
  • Expansion to the west
  • Military application
  • Economic stimulation

ABILITY TO QUICKLY TRAVEL

  • Business will be easier to conduct
  • Politicians could go back and forth between Captiol
  • People could keep in contact with their family
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TRADING GOODS

  • Cause Economic expansion
  • Keep costs of goods down
  • Goods won't spoil
  • Easier to sell things in bulk/more convenient
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STATE RELATIONSHIPS

  • Increased interdependence for prosperity
  • Working together for one purpose increases direct communication
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EXPANSION TO THE wEST

  • Safer way to travel across the country
  • Ability to travel coast to coast
  • Will set up trading posts: Cities. around the railway systems
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MILITARY APPLICATION

  • Ability to mobilize troops within a short amount of time
  • Easier to defend any invasion or uprising
  • Ability to reinforce quickly
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ECONOMIC STIMULATION

  • Goods will expand economy
  • Ability to move anything from place to place at a quicker rate
  • Businesses can move products with railroads, thus railroads and business owners to profit
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