WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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development of the Great Plains
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growth of the plantation system of agriculture
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extension of slavery into the western territories
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gold rushes in California and Nevada
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Detailed explanation-1: -The invention of the steel plow, passage of the Homestead Act, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad contributed to the development of the Great Plains. Describe the Gentlemen’s Agreement: an attempt by congress to restrict immigration.
Detailed explanation-2: -The invention of the steel plow, the passage of the Homestead Act, and the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad all contributed to the development of the Great Plains.
Detailed explanation-3: -The railroads benefitted western farmers the most by connecting them and their farms to America’s cities and markets. Farmers could now easily and quickly move their produce and farm goods to the cities to sell, and could import finished, manufactured goods from the industrial east.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following was the MAIN reason for the RAPID settlement of the GREAT PLAINS during the late 1800s? Congress passed a law allowing people to claims public land and CONVERT it to PRIVATE PROPERTY through HOMESTEADING.
Detailed explanation-5: -Detail the rapid settlement of the Great Plains due to homesteading. The Homestead Act was passed; it was offering 160 acres of land free to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household. It was successful because 600, 000 people took the offer.