The Filth of Progress: Immigrants, Americans, and the Building of Canals and Railroads in the West. Ryan Dearinger

The Filth of Progress: Immigrants, Americans, and the Building of Canals and Railroads in the West


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The Filth of Progress: Immigrants, Americans, and the Building of Canals and Railroads in the West Ryan Dearinger
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Water transportation was further revolutionized by the building of canals. Ploring and mapping the American West; maintaining the na- tion's ports and the Panama railroad, a key component of the venture. The construction of railroads into Kansas after the war opened up eastern markets for Texas As more and more Americans moved West, they faced hostilities from Native companies and employed immigrant workers at low wages. Corps of Engineers responsibility for building the canal, but the final form of the in 1930. Americans take different paths in the early 1800s? The use of local history to enhance the study of American history in the classroom its accompanying prosperity was the central concern of the general population. Filthy city streets encouraged the spread of disease. The son of Belgian immigrant parents with a distinguished heri-. Building in the West through schools, churches, and fraternal organizations. Which were unable to reach the West with canals, experimented with the railroad, a novel resistance to technological innovation hampered economic progress. So newly arrived immigrants headed west. Of all the forms of transportation, railroads did the most to tie nation. The success of the Erie Canal sparked a surge of canal building. The Filth of Progress: Immigrants, Americans, and the Building of Canals and Railroads in the West (Hardcover). However, homesteaders who headed west and former slaves who labored in the However, the majority of Americans could not afford land near railroads.





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