A Connection Between Consumer 's Behavior And The Environmental Changes

The transcontinental railroad was starting to be built in 1863 by two main companies, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific. In the 1800’s the railroad was seen as one of the best things and also one of the worst things that took place in the US. The railroad brought many negative effects westward for the Native Americans and Chinese, but had many positive effects for Americans in the US. Some of these positive and negatives came from events like The Great Plains, Buffalo, Manifest Destiny, and Railroad Surveyors. This essay will focus on how railroad expanding westward created more positive opportunities for the Americans to start up new lives for themselves. But it will also focus on how the Americans and the railroad expanding westward took over the Natives Americans lives and left them with little to no land to survive with. Many other obstacles and situation also came along with the Americans as they tried to build up the railroad for the people of the US.

The bizarre economy that we live in has affected us in many ways than our simple mind can fathom. After World War II there was massive push in innovation. Human were gifted with inventions like the Airplane, color T.V., polyvinyl cups, and precooked dinners. Nevertheless, these “gifts” came at an enormous cost. That cost was pushed onto the environment and people living in that environment. “The Market Economy” by Marge Piercy illustrates the movement in American aimed at bring attention to a global problem as well as an effort to save the planet along with the people living on it.

Transcontinental railroad building costed a lot and was very risky to require government subsidies. Construction of the railway systems promised that it would create greater unity among the nation and increase economic growth. In the second half of the nineteenth century The screeching iron horse stimulated mining and agriculture especially in the West. The railroads took farmers to their land, took the fruits of their toil to the markets, brought manufactured necessities. Iron monsters could carry enormous amounts of food to people and ensure a livelihood by providing raw materials and markets. Railroad companies would seek settlers to their land that could be sold at a profit so they stimulated immigration. Even the land was impacted because

This is relevant to this paper because the topic is, how does the Transcontinental Railroad affect farmers? The transcontinental railroad is just like any other railroad, therefore, it has the same effects. This website is accurate, because the same theory is shared amongst many other websites. This website is quality, providing pictures and is easy to navigate.

The growth helped transport goods more efficiently and diversify the market. Document 5 shows that from 1850 to 1900, industry based on animals and humans decreased while industry bases on water and coal increased. This provides evidence that industry was more reliant on resources instead on animals and humans. Water and coal resources effectively created power sources and pushed forward industrialization (Doc 5). Document 7 states “In 1882 the Carnegie Steel Company.. Inaugurated a policy whose object was to control all the factors which contributed to the production of steel, from the ore and coal in the ground to the steel billet and the steel rail.”

In late 1863, shortly after major union victories at the battles of Gettysburg, congress alongside President Abraham Lincoln began to consider plans of reuniting the north with the south. This sparked the start of the reconstruction era. The goal of this era was to ultimately readmit the south into the Union and grant the slaves emancipation. Lincoln’s strategy for reconstruction included the Ten Percent Plan. This plan specified that southern states could be readmitted into the Union, if 10 percent of the eligible voters from the voter rolls in the 1860 election pledged their allegiance to the Union and support the emancipation of the slaves.

The most important industry that arose from the construction of railroads was the steel industry. During the construction of railroads, a great deal of steel was needed; steel was used to build the railroad tracks and the railroad cars. However, steel was also used to build other items and proved to be useful. Railroads also created a natural monopoly. Railroads connected cities with each other and able to trade with each other. Through railroads, cities became ¡°interdependent¡± (Danzer, 254) and ¡°began to specialize in particular products¡± (Danzer, 254). For example, one state would specialize in one particular product while a second state would specialize in a second product. When these two states traded with each other, they would have what they needed. Through this ¡°specialization¡± of states, America began to develop as an industrialized nation.

During America’s Gilded Age these railroads were constructed by railroad companies owned by the wealthy know as robber barons and captains of industry. Individuals call the mass railroad construction the “second industrial revolution”. (596) The constructions that took place were due to the mass expansion of factory production and mining. These railroads were used to transport goods and people across the country in a timelier manner. Towns were either booming or disappearing from the outcome of this “second industrial revolution”. The towns that contained a railroad station grew from the economy it was producing from their local vendors being able to ship the goods further distances. The unfortunate towns that did not have this luxury were not able to sell their goods as well, therefore, people began to leave for the railroad towns. Robber barons and captain of industries were the funding and sometimes material producers for the railroad that we still use today. The impact they made for the construction of the railroad by their factories and other workers changed America forever and gave the unemployed citizens, although temporary, jobs until construction was

Because of the inventions of railroads, “going to San Francisco from New York City took only six days”, when before “the trip took months” (Document 5). The invention of the railroad allowed for people to visit relatives, work farther away, and even travel for fun. It allowed for a deep change in how society made it from one place to another, and once again stressed the improvement in efficiency Industrialization brought. Industrialization also brought improvement in living conditions, as because of technological advancements, “houses [were] better built” (Document 9). Living conditions were bettered through technological advances such as the introduction of steel reinforcement and fire escapes. Living became easier and safer, and people no longer had to fear for their safety when just trying to live. Because of these technological advances, people now had “an infinite number of domestic utensils” (Document 9). Living not only became easier, but fun as well as those who would stay at home and work now had easier ways to cook, clean, and function. This would forever shape the world, as these domestic utensils would be forever used in daily life. Industrialization greatly impacted the world through technology, and it can be agreed that it had a greatly positive impact on

“Railroads were the first big business, the first magnet for the great financial markets, and the first industry to develop a large-scale management bureaucracy. The railroads opened the western half of the nation to economic development, connected raw materials to factories and retailers, and in so doing created an interconnected national market. At the same time the railroads were themselves gigantic consumers of iron, steel, lumber, and other capital goods”.

The creation of the industries of steel and oil run by Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, respectively, soon became industries that made millions of dollars, and that massive income was all big businessmen cared about, thus they did not focus on their environmental impact. Extraction of fossil fuels from the Earth in the late 19th century began an economic reliance as an energy source the nation still feels today, but the depletion of Earth’s reserves began with Rockefeller’s oil digging. Also, factories polluted the atmosphere and the burning of oil released greenhouse gases into the air, putting the country into a cycle people wish had ended long ago. Railroads cut through the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains, often slicing through habitats of animals and disturbing wildlife, especially with the dynamite-fueled track building of Chinese immigrants. Big businesses generally took more than they gave back, leading to very greedy, closed-minded desires for most of America at the

This reaction paper is dedicated to the railroad system. As many opportunities spark up in the west such as the gold crush, it made many people want to move to the west, a faster and much safer way of travel was very much needed. Before railroads the means of travel were mainly either wagons, or ships that that traveled very long distances on water around the horn. These means of travel were not safe at all, for example using the wagons it would take a rigorous six-month journey, and during those six months many pioneers would get ambushed by native Americans during transportation for their goods. Shipping goods was also a hassle due to long six-month wait, this caused some goods to go bad such as foods and losing merchandise

Up to this time most iron mines, forges, and blacksmiths were small operations. Steam created a demand for rolled iron to be used in making boilers. Using iron boilers, as the railroads and paddlewheel riverboats of the time did, was dangerous because the iron was not strong enough to contain the steam pressure and they often blew up, causing death and carnage. In addition, more than 30,000 miles of railroad track with iron rails were laid in the United States between 1830 and the beginning of the American Civil War.” ( world history in context

The Industrial Revolution was arguably the largest turning point in the history of the interaction between people and nature. New manufacturing techniques allowed for a rapid increase in the power, capability, and convenience in lifestyle for humans. Unfortunately, immense consequences for the environment also started to result. The changes were particularly significant in North America at this time, since advanced lifestyles had not been around long enough to make an impact on the vast wilderness compared to many of the areas in Europe. In the United States, a sense of limitlessness toward so many resources represented the view of the majority, and overall appreciation for and connection

Paul Hawken addresses the effects of industrialization in the world today. He depicts that the environment is degraded by the economic systems who aimlessly utilizes resources for unintended purposes while at the same time releasing toxic chemicals into the environment. The economic system does not adopt the natural cycle of activities whereby wastes turn out to be food to some microorganisms in the environment. According to Paul Hawken, the economic system has played a negative role in disrupting the natural cycle. In a natural cycle ecosystems, there are no wastes since everything is fully recycled (Bunker and Hawken, 1995). However, a closer look at the other side of the economic ecosystem, things are totally different since everything seems to take an artificial path. If the economic ecosystem mimicked the natural ecosystem, pollution would not be a huge problem as it is currently. Floods and landslides would not be rampant in the world. Just like the ozone layer would have been intact.