Gilded Age Essay

Railroads

Any person looking for a better life needs to get on the next boat to the United States of America. There are great opportunities to build a nation from the ground up. The Civil War is long over now, and Reconstruction is in full swing. This means railroads, factories and cities. The factories and cities are tremendous sources of urban employment, and workers are finding no end of great opportunities in dozens of growing cities.

For those interested in the rural life, the United States has untold acres of land just waiting to be farmed. It's not like in Europe, where all the land is owned and the people working on the land earn just enough to survive. In America, every farmer owns his own land, and lots of it. Land is cheap, and any enterprising man and his family can start a new life with land, crops and ample markets in which to sell those crops.The railroads are opening up tremendous opportunity for Americans, no matter where they come from. With railroads, your crops or the output of your factory can be shipped all over the country. There is even access to the Pacific Coast at San Francisco, so you can sell your goods globally if that is what you want to do. Railroads are one of the most important keys to economic prosperity, and America is enjoying a railroad construction boom.

Bigger is better. If the new industrialization has taught us anything, it is that you can have a bigger factory, and make more money. This goes for people just starting up, too, because in America anybody can come, start up a business, and have access to a large and rapidly growing market. With all this new land under development and a newfound peace within the nation, America is experiencing an economic boom. There are….....