WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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It led to the end of agriculture and the start of manufacturing.
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It brought back the cultivation of rice in the Lowcountry.
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It increased the growth and prosperity of cities near the rail lines.
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It led to high paying, prestigious jobs in the textile factories.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The railroads provided the efficient, relatively cheap transportation that made both farming and milling profitable. They also carried the foodstuffs and other products that the men and women living on the single-crop bonanza farms needed to live.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did the development of these train routes impact South Carolina? Cities grew around important train stops as they became centers of business. The construction of these train routes destroyed valuable farmland and crippled the state economy.
Detailed explanation-3: -What factor caused Columbia, South Carolina, to be considered an important industrial center in the late 19th century? Columbia received grants from the state government to expand. Columbia’s population grew becasue of its push to establish an international steel industry.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did the overproduction and surplus of cotton affect South Carolina’s economy at the turn of the century? It forced people to stop farming cotton and switch to farming rice.