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Which was most significant in helping Germany become rapidly industrialized?
railroads
imported machinery
the end of the Napoleonic Wars
unification
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Railroads.
They transformed transportation and markets—moving raw materials (coal, iron ore) to factories and finished goods to consumers cheaply and quickly—while stimulating demand for iron, steel and locomotives and attracting investment. Imported machinery and political changes (end of Napoleonic Wars, later unification) helped too, but the expansion of railways was the single most powerful practical engine of rapid industrialization.
They transformed transportation and markets—moving raw materials (coal, iron ore) to factories and finished goods to consumers cheaply and quickly—while stimulating demand for iron, steel and locomotives and attracting investment. Imported machinery and political changes (end of Napoleonic Wars, later unification) helped too, but the expansion of railways was the single most powerful practical engine of rapid industrialization.
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