<p>Excuse me...Pittsburgh NOT Chicago.</p>
<p>was illinois a choice?</p>
<p>It was Chicago.</p>
<p>Chicago did have railroads, but only AFTER canals.</p>
<p>glad to see you've seen the light, haha. just messin</p>
<p>No, I was answering the person's question. It was Chicago as a choice, not Illinois.</p>
<p>The answer is Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>Right, but Pittsburgh produced steel FOR railroads whereas Chicago developed FROM railroads. That's how I interpreted it anyway. I think Illinois might have been a choice, not sure. I kinda just circled Chicago automatically when I saw it and moved on.</p>
<p>but you just contradicted yourself by saying they had railroads after canals...it was Chicago, man.</p>
<p>No, it was because of steel and coal deposits that railroads were built in Pittsburgh, and as a result "millions of immigrants flocked to Pittsburgh."</p>
<p>Uhhh, yeah. Railroads coming after canals means that canals led to the initial population boom.</p>
<p>Plus, a question from an AP two years ago was "what led to the settlement of the states laid out in the Northwest Ordinances?" The answer was the canal system, especially the Eerie canal. Chicago would certainly fall under that description.</p>
<p>what'd you guys put for the question which of these region''s experienced the most growth in the 20th century? I put south and west</p>
<p>Doe anyone have the curve from past tests?</p>
<p>yeah, but Chicagos growth was based solely on RRs..went from small town of a few thousand to giant city b/c of RRs.</p>
<p>dude...i live in Pittsburgh and it's not the answer. "But no city was affected more profoundly by railroads then Chicago. In 1850, not a single line had reached there; five years later it was the terminal for 2200 miles of track and controlled commerce of an imperial domain." ~The American Nation, John Garraty</p>
<p>As for population growth, it was the Sun Belt, aka the South and Southwest.</p>
<p>It's Chicago.</p>
<p>Yeah, South and West- the sunbelt</p>
<p>Immigrants flocked to Pittsburgh but it still remained the same industrial northern city. This was different for Chicago as it was underdeveloped prior to the introduction of railroads towards the west. So Chicago was drastically transformed by railroads more so than Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>The samething applies to Pittsburgh:</p>
<p>"As an industrial city, Pittsburgh was also a major hub of early railroad activity."</p>
<p>Early. Railroad. Activity.</p>
<p>We can argue about this until June but I'm still saying it is Chicago. ;p</p>
<p>The first railroad arrived in the area in 1848. Soon Chicago grew as a national railroad center, and railroad stops spurred growth in virtually every direction of the metropolitan area. Farmers, industrialists, commuters, and those seeking leisure-time activities all took advantage of the speed and ease of rail travel. The railroad provided farmers with easy access to Chicago, as daily milk runs brought dairy products and farm produce into the city from across the metrop olitan area. Lisle, Arlington Heights, Cary, Frankfort, Barrington, Jefferson Park, and Harvard were centers for dairying and truck farming into the twentieth century.</p>
<p>Chicago was THE center, Pittsburgh was a major hub.</p>
<p>raw score (number correct - .25(number wrong)):</p>
<p>81-90 800 99th percentile
79-80 790 98th
77-78 780 96th
75-76 770 95th
73-74 760 93rd
72 750 91st
70-71 740 89th
68-69 730 87th
66-67 720 84th
65 710 81st
63-64 700 79th
61-62 690 75th
60 680 72nd
58-59 670 69th
56-57 660 66th
55 650 62nd</p>
<p>There you go...that's from a past exam.</p>