How did the building of the transcontinental railway benefit the country?

Question

I know that First Nations were kicked off their farmland to make way for the building of the railway and for settlers(why would settlers need the land?). Why was the railway so important and does it some what justify the poor treatment of First Nations? I want to say something like, the treatment of them was cruel(would there have been a better way to treat them?) but without this treatment the railway would have never been built and the US would have never emerged etc. Any other positive reasons? I am writing a long paragraph response to the question.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

http://www.npr.org/2011/07/11/137497772/how-trains-railroaded-the-american-economy

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/history/where-the-buffalo-no-longer-roamed-3067904/

Read these, then go to:

http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=transcontinental%20railroad

You'll find more pros and cons there.

Answer 2

Ok thank you! I just finished my essay, but I will take a look and maybe add some on to what I have now. I would post it here for you to proofread, but I don't wish to publish my work online.

Answer 3

Hallie is trying to win the grand prize on a game show. Should she try her luck by spinning a wheel with 6 equal sections labeled from 1 to 6 and hope she gets a 5, or should she roll two number cubes and hope she gets the same number on both cubes? Explain

Hallie is trying to win the grand prize on a game show. Should she try her luck by spinning a wheel with 6 equal sections labeled from 1 to 6 and hope she gets a 5, or should she roll two number cubes and hope she gets the same number on both cubes? Explain

Hallie is trying to win the grand prize on a game show. Should she try her luck by spinning a wheel with 6 equal sections labeled from 1 to 6 and hope she gets a 5, or should she roll two number cubes and hope she gets the same number on both cubes? Explain