WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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Question
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What geographic advantages did NOT contribute to Chicago’s quick expansion from a fur-trading outpost to the second-largest city in the country by 1890?
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Chicago’s location near the booming agricultural markets of the Midwest fueled its economic growth.
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With the growth of the railroad industry, Chicago became the main transportation hub for the Midwest.
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Cotton was shipped upriver from the South to be traded in Chicago’s commodities markets during the Civil War.
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The opening of the Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River through Chicago.
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Explanation:
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