What important influence did nineteenth century railroads have on what is today’s “ corporate america “?

Railroads impacted corporate America in many ways. First, to start construction of railroads it was needed a huge amount of steel, iron, and coal, this caused the development of new industries in these areas.

Railroads also increased mobility and made able to spread goods around the country which caused the growth of crops business and cattle - which led to big business investing in these areas -.

Also, Railroads companies were the first business to raise funds by issuing stocks and bonds, they were responsible for creating new concepts of management and were the first giant corporations in the US.

the process is called revolution because it was a process of great economic-social transformations that began in england in the xviii century.

the industrial mode of production spread throughout much of the northern hemisphere throughout the xix and early xx centuries.

the effect of this revolution was the distance between the countries, with respect to economic and political power.   after all, not all industrialized at the same time, remaining in the condition of suppliers of raw materials and agricultural products to the industrialized countries.

these differences mark to this day the nations of the world that are divided between developed and developing countries. one way to measure whether a country is advanced is to assess how industrialized it is.

to act quickly in times of danger to the united states

because you have to act quickly if you want to live/survive.