WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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Farmers used the railroads to get their crops to market
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Ranchers used the railroads to get their cattle to processing centers
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Native Americans profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads
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Factories in the east profited from cash crops brought in by the railroads
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Detailed explanation-1: -The four main types of Agriculture are Shifting Cultivation, Subsistence Farming, Pastoralism, and Intensive Farming.
Detailed explanation-2: -The railroads benefitted western farmers the most by connecting them and their farms to America’s cities and markets. Farmers could now easily and quickly move their produce and farm goods to the cities to sell, and could import finished, manufactured goods from the industrial east.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ranging from 3, 000 to 30, 000 acres, these huge farms needed fleets of harvesters and armies of workers to gather their crops. Steel rails linked the farms and the mills. The railroads provided the efficient, relatively cheap transportation that made both farming and milling profitable.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some of the operations involved are ploughing, sowing, irrigation, weeding and harvesting. The outputs from the system include crops, wool, dairy and poultry products. Farming is practised in various ways across the world.