HIST 2057 Chapter : History 2057 Textbook Chapter 19
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The industrial revolution was not only an urban phenomenon it transformed rural life as well. Those who got in the way of the new emphasis on large-scale, highly mechanized commercial agriculture and ranching were brusquely pushed aside. After the war, the south and the west provided enticing opportunities for american inventiveness and entrepreneurship. The south had to be rebuilt and the west beckoned entrepreneurs and farmers. 1860, many americans saw the west as a barren landscape unfit for human habitation or cultivation. After 1865, the federal government encouraged western settlement and economic exploitation. As a result, the region experienced dramatic social and economic changes during the last third of the 19th century. After 1865, proponents of the new south argued that the region must abandon its single- The transcontinental rail lines led the way and helped populate the plains and far west. They argued that the confederacy had lost the war because of its.
