WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Technological innovations leading to increased farming success in the Great Plains
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Inventions leading to the end of the cattle boom
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Innovations leading to the end of farming in the West
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Communication innovations leading to the industrial revolution
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Sodbusters experience droughts, wind erosion and the effects of the overuse of the land. As a result of this they began to use new innovations to solve these problems.
Detailed explanation-2: -What was the impact of the steel plow? The impact of the steel plow was economic as well as agricultural. It allowed for increased and more efficient food production and the expansion of farmers’ usable land. All of these brought more economic prosperity to farmers throughout the nation, but primarily in the Midwest.
Detailed explanation-3: -The population of the Great Plains grew steadily, new farming methods and inventions in the nineteenth century improved agriculture, and gardens. These are some of the factors that contributed to the development of the development of the Great Plains as a major agricultural region.
Detailed explanation-4: -Railroads were an important technological advance that made it possible to settle the West. They could bring in supplies at an affordable price. They also made it possible for farmers to ship out their crops and ranchers to ship out their cattle.