The Earth and Its Peoples - Chapter 27
Subject:
World History [1]
CHAPTER 27 The New Power Balance, 1850?1900 SEQ NLI \r 0 \h ?? SEQ NL1 \r 0 \h CHAPTER OUTLINE I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . New Technologies and the World Economy A. Railroads 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . By 1850 the first railroads had proved so successful that every industrializing country began to build railroad lines. Railroad building in Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Russia, Japan, and especially in the United States fueled a tremendous expansion in the world?s rail networks from 1850 to 1900. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . In the non-industrialized world, railroads were also built wherever they would be of value to business or to government.