Agriculture developments in the Northeast Flashcards
Describe the economic legacy of the Civil War on the North.
The demands of the war had stimulated business and industry, bringing rapid economic modernisation.
In the North and East, what did agriculture benefit from?
The expanding markets in the growing towns and cities.
What had cities like Chicago and Pittsburgh become by the 1880s?
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.
What was an essential part of this growth in the cities?
The railroad companies, although they had monopoly powers and set freight rates as high as they pleased.
What was agriculture in the Northeast dependent on?
Market forces it could not control. This vulnerability was even greater for farmers in the South and the West.