USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Western states have a lot of land for farming and ranching. Besides growing crops, people in the West also raise beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, chickens and turkeys. People who live in the coastal areas of the West earn money by catching fish, crabs and shellfish.

Detailed explanation-2: -Throughout most of the 19th century, there were two main ways to make money west of the Mississippi River: through gold and silver prospecting, and through developing land for agriculture, industry, or urban growth. These two activities often supported each other.

Detailed explanation-3: -How was the West transformed economically and socially in this period? Farming and improved farming, More Land, Small farmers oriented to national and international markets, and giant agricultural enterprises.

Detailed explanation-4: -Agriculture provides industrial raw material to a large number of industries (textile, silk, oil, sugar, rice, flour mills etc.) As a supplier of raw material, agricultural sector is of primary significance for the growth of industrial sector in the economy.