During the 1830s and 1840s, transportation and communication linked the country more than ever before. How did these advances affect ordinary Americans?
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- The transportation enhanced the mobility and reduced the prices of goods and services while the discovery of telegraph brought the cities and town closer through instant communication.

Explanation:

The creation of railroad helped in expansion of passenger lines and growth of cities. It amplified economy as the goods could now be transported four times quickly. Development of canals and steamships assisted in broadening the network of America's transportation and reducing the shipping cost ten times while the innovation of telegraphs brought a revolution by promoting instant communication which took weeks or months(for letters) of travelling.

the second significant cause of the great migration was the desire of black southerners to escape segregation, known euphemistically as jim crow. rural african american southerners believed that segregation - and racism and prejudice against blacks - was significantly less intense in the north.