1.The value of the 1880 transcontinental railroad as depicted was used to show the importance of change for not only bringing new job opportunities for immigrants all over but effecting the way we use travel today making an easier use in transporting crops and raw materials for cheaper prices from east coast cities to west coast cities the railroad also facilitated international trade.
2.The role of the railroad in western settlements allowed goods produced in the west especially agricultural products like wheat to be shipped to eastern markets while also allowing eastern settlers to quickly move into unsettled lands in the west.
Although the railroad did have its negative effects like dramatically changing the ecosystem, for instance it brought thousands of hunters who killed the bison the Native people relied on the railroad also disrupted intertribal trade on the plains and thereby broke a core aspect of the natives economic life.
The railroads relation to fulfillment of manifest destiny is the fact that it helped many people by creating jobs for more Americans while also making the journey from the east to the west a lot faster and safer for everyone, the new railroad also helped increase our nation’s population by making it easier for immigrants to come to America.