Compare And Contrast The Trans-Mississippi West

The Trans-Mississippi West was contrasting to earlier "Wests" in the sense that it was the frontier of an urban and industrial society instead of rural and agrarian society. Starting from 1860, by 1890 the Western frontier was settled, it was a culturally diverse frontier as well as urbanized.
Having started in 1862 with funds largely contributed by the federal government, railroads were the key to the rapid settlement of the west. They were efficient as well as fast in transportation of heavy goods, also providing a faster mode of communication. The federal Government encouraged settlement by selling land at cheap prices along the rail lines which helped in the railroad building. Railroads also helped the national government to gain more

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Compare And Contrast The Trans-Mississippi West

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