(i) Urban population in USA n as growing and export market was becoming bigger. (ii) As the demand increased wheat prices rose, encouraging farmers to grow more wheat.
(i) Urban population in USA n as growing and export market was becoming
bigger.
(ii) As the demand increased wheat prices rose, encouraging farmers to
grow more wheat.
Its wilderness turned into cultivated fields. Forest timber could be cut for export, animals hunted for skin, mountains mined for gold and minerals after clearing lands.
Its wilderness turned into cultivated fields. Forest timber could be cut for
export, animals hunted for skin, mountains mined for gold and minerals
after clearing lands.
They moved 'westward and established control upto West coast, displacing local tribes and carving out the entire landscape into different agricultural belts.
They moved ‘westward and established control upto West coast, displacing
local tribes and carving out the entire landscape into different agricultural
belts.
This happened when landowners tried to cut the crops and number of workers they employed, the unemployed poor tramped from village to village and those with uncertain jobs lived in fear of a loss of their livelihood.
This happened when landowners tried to cut the crops and number of
workers they employed, the unemployed poor tramped from village to
village and those with uncertain jobs lived in fear of a loss of their livelihood.
Landlords' complaint of the drinking habits of labourers and therefore difficult to work in their farm was a good excuse to replace them with threshing machines.
Landlords’ complaint of the drinking habits of labourers and therefore difficult
to work in their farm was a good excuse to replace them with threshing machines.
Who were Wheat Barons ?
Wheat Barons were big farmers who controlled as much as 2,000 to 3,000 acres of land individually.
Wheat Barons were big farmers who controlled as much as 2,000 to 3,000
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Why was demand for wheat increasing in USA ?
(i) Urban population in USA n as growing and export market was becoming bigger. (ii) As the demand increased wheat prices rose, encouraging farmers to grow more wheat.
(i) Urban population in USA n as growing and export market was becoming
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(ii) As the demand increased wheat prices rose, encouraging farmers to
grow more wheat.
Which two new crops were introduced by White settlers in the cultivated lands ?
Sweet corn and wheat.
Sweet corn and wheat.
See lessHow did settlers come in successive waves in America ?
They settled on the Appalachian Plateau by the first decade of the 18th century and then moved into the Mississippi valley between 1820 and 1850.
They settled on the Appalachian Plateau by the first decade of the 18th
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How did America become ‘a land of promises’ ?
Its wilderness turned into cultivated fields. Forest timber could be cut for export, animals hunted for skin, mountains mined for gold and minerals after clearing lands.
Its wilderness turned into cultivated fields. Forest timber could be cut for
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after clearing lands.
How did white Americans transform the landscape ?
They moved 'westward and established control upto West coast, displacing local tribes and carving out the entire landscape into different agricultural belts.
They moved ‘westward and established control upto West coast, displacing
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belts.
How did Native American groups live ?
Many of them lived only by hunting, gathering and fishing; others cultivated corn, beans, tobacco and pumpkin.
Many of them lived only by hunting, gathering and fishing; others cultivated
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When did Captain Swing, an imaginary character appear in England ?
This happened when landowners tried to cut the crops and number of workers they employed, the unemployed poor tramped from village to village and those with uncertain jobs lived in fear of a loss of their livelihood.
This happened when landowners tried to cut the crops and number of
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village and those with uncertain jobs lived in fear of a loss of their livelihood.
What is an ‘Agricultural Depression’ ?
when production of food grain is high and demand is less, then prices decline, leading to Agricultural Depression.
when production of food grain is high and demand is less, then prices
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Why did threshing machine replaced labour?
Landlords' complaint of the drinking habits of labourers and therefore difficult to work in their farm was a good excuse to replace them with threshing machines.
Landlords’ complaint of the drinking habits of labourers and therefore difficult
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