Agriculture developments in the Northeast Flashcards

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Describe the economic legacy of the Civil War on the North.

A

The demands of the war had stimulated business and industry, bringing rapid economic modernisation.

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In the North and East, what did agriculture benefit from?

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The expanding markets in the growing towns and cities.

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What had cities like Chicago and Pittsburgh become by the 1880s?

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Hubs of a wide distribution network, shipping meat products, cereals and canned foods to the urban Northeast, and timber for construction on the treeless Great Plains.

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What was an essential part of this growth in the cities?

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The railroad companies, although they had monopoly powers and set freight rates as high as they pleased.

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What was agriculture in the Northeast dependent on?

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Market forces it could not control. This vulnerability was even greater for farmers in the South and the West.

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