WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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New larger deposits found in Florida and hurricanes impacted the industry.
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Not enough skilled workers who knew how to extract the phosphate to keep the industry going.
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The temperance movement caused the fertilizer industry to fold.
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Tillman wanted SC to focus on agriculture and did not invest in other industries
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Detailed explanation-1: -Synthetic phosphate fertilizer poses a serious threat to our environment. Phosphate rock mining, along with the inorganic fertilizers and animal feed supplements and pesticides for which phosphate is mined, pollute our air, contaminate our water and destroy invaluable wildlife habitat. Especially in Florida.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, super-phosphate fertilizer production was a huge industry in South Carolina, due to the considerable phosphate deposits that were mined from our low-country.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is primarily used to produce fertilizers for food production. It may also be used in animal feed supplements, food preservatives and many industrial products.
Detailed explanation-4: -Florida is blessed with a bountiful supply of phosphate that primeval seas deposited here millions of years ago. The phosphate comes from sediment that was deposited in layers on the sea floor.