Question

explain how transportation innovations of the time period affected migration patterns in the United States. like an 8th grader did it in 3 sentences

Answer 1

Transportation innovations, like the steam engine and railroads, made it much easier for people to travel across the United States. This led many families to move westward in search of new opportunities and land for farming. As more people traveled, towns and cities grew along the new railways, changing where people lived and worked.