Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Begins Operation
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Technology, Inventions, Economics, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Engineering, Engineers, Frontier, Pioneers, Transportation
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855
- Geographical Location: Ohio, Maryland
- Date: January 7, 1830
Article abstract: The beginning of the railroad era opens the way for rapid westward expansion, flourishing trade, and radical changes from a rural to an increasingly industrial nation.
Summary of Event
The quickening pace of American life achieved a new momentum in the early national period. The westward movement acquired a national character as New Englanders pushed into the Ohio Valley and Virginians filled up Kentucky and Tennessee. The Eastern seaboard, with its cities and port facilities, turned to the West for its food, and the grain-producing...
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