WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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Farm work became industrialized.
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There was steady employment in factories.
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Transportation became cheaper and easier.
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The government raised taxes on agriculture.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Early farming methods included slash-and-burn farming. This is still used in some parts of the world today, such as Southeast Asia, central Africa, and northern parts of South America. Early farmers cut trees or grasses and then burned them to clear a field. What remained were ashes, which in turn fertilized the soil.
Detailed explanation-2: -When early humans began farming, they were able to produce enough food that they no longer had to migrate to their food source. This meant they could build permanent structures, and develop villages, towns, and eventually even cities. Closely connected to the rise of settled societies was an increase in population.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Neolithic Revolution-also referred to as the Agricultural Revolution-is thought to have begun about 12, 000 years ago. It coincided with the end of the last ice age and the beginning of the current geological epoch, the Holocene.
Detailed explanation-4: -The advent of farming encouraged hunter-gatherers to abandon nomadic lifestyles and settle near others who lived by agricultural production. Agriculture yielded more food, which made denser human populations possible, thereby supporting city development.