By the end of the nineteenth century,the American West was firmly tied to the increasingly powerful industrial economy of the East.

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The West had become an important source of raw materials and a market for manufactured goods produced in the East. The completion of transcontinental railroads, the discovery of mineral resources, and the growth of agriculture contributed to the interdependence between the two regions.

By the End of the Nineteenth Century,the American West Was