Question

Copy and paste one statement from the description that explains why Chicago grew so quickly.

Answer 1

“[T]he construction of the railroads . . . turned Chicago into the hub of a nationwide railway network . . . ”

“The engine that fueled Chicago’s rapid rise and made it a center of economic activity was the desire of its citizens to make money.”

“Chicago was literally throbbing with commercial activity .

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Answer 2

Chicago's manufacturing and retail sectors, fostered by the expansion of railroads throughout the upper Midwest and East, grew rapidly and came to dominate the Midwest and greatly influence the nation's economy. The Chicago Union Stock Yards dominated the packing trade.Chicago was incorporated as a town in 1833 and as a city in 1837, when its population reached 4,000. In 1848 Chicago got its first telegraph and railroad. By 1854 the city was the world's largest grain port and had more than 30,000 residents, many of them European immigrants.

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