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Module 3 . Discussion The Western Market

Module 3 . Discussion The Western Market

Q New economic opportunities created by the transcontinental and intertwined rail systems lured Americans and immigrants to the West. In your post, you will discuss the challenges associated with creating a market in the West. To complete your discussion assignment, please do the following: • Identify what you consider the most valuable or important commodity that emerged in the American West. Write an explanation of the reasoning behind your choice, then answer the following questions: o What challenges threatened the commerce of your chosen commodity? o How were they resolved (if they were)? • When you are done, post your work to the discussion forum. Respond to at least two of your peers. Discuss further the challenges and resolutions and what long-term effects they might have had on the changing landscape of the West.

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I think that the most valuable/important commodity had been minerals (like coal and copper) emerging in the West. This is because there could be industrialization facilitated and made more efficient with the use of minerals obtained cheaply. Minerals would be used as raw materials for different industrial organizations in the American West. The eastern financiers had been interested to invest in the work of industrial mining. This is because they would invest their money in industrial mining and supply a heavy percentage of capital to the American West.