Question

US Economic History

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Name two of the important industries in the early Industrial Revolution in the United States that we discussed in class.

What was the major export crop being produced by enslaved labor in the United States before Independence?

What was the major export crop being produced by enslaved labor in the United States after Independence?

Why was there a lot of immigration from Ireland and Germany around the year 1848?

Answer 1

Solution :

1 The industrial revolution started in USA in 1790 . Taxtile and Iron and Steel Industries were the two main industries set up at that time in America .

2 Major crops grown by slaves as plantation agriculture were tobacco indigo and rice . Tobacco was grown in Virginia and Maryland , rice and indigo were grown in South Carolina . Apart from this majority of farms were subsistence farms .

3 Major export crops grown in south of US were cotton in the Mississippi Valley and in Alabama on the other hand Sugercane in Louisiana . In New England export crops such as tobacco and cranberries were grown .

4 In the middle of 19th century , more than half of population of Ireland and Germany emigrated to US because of civil unrest , severe unemployment and inconceivable hardships faced by people at home like famines .