WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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southern states were able to diversify their economy by creating more manufactured goods
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railroads led to the growth of southern cities, creating a greater need for slave labor
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the textile industry boomed in the North, encouraging immigrants to move to work in factories and creating a greater demand for cotton from the southern states
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in addition to the factory system, northern states were able to improve farming methods to include cash crops
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Detailed explanation-1: -The industrial revolution in the North, during the first few decades of the 19th century, brought about a machine age economy that relied on wage laborers, not slaves. At the same time, the warmer Southern states continued to rely on slaves for their farming economy and cotton production.
Detailed explanation-2: -The industrial revolution was one of the main factors in transforming the textile industry. It created new machines, which allowed for many more things to be done in a shorter time with fewer workers, so cloth production increased rapidly.
Detailed explanation-3: -Statement that best describes the Industrial revolution: There was a gradual change in the way people lived and worked.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Industrial Revolution shifted from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing economy where products were no longer made solely by hand but by machines. This led to increased production and efficiency, lower prices, more goods, improved wages, and migration from rural areas to urban areas.