Industrialization often leads to the growth of an economy. The effect of industrialization on the U.S. economy in the 1870s is that there is increase in railroad construction in the West.
The Industrial Revolution brought about great wealth and a high population in Europe as well as in the United States. The construction of railroad helped to facilitate trade and movement of people.
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