The answer is: Water management projects created huge reservoirs and lakes where there had been dry canyons.
The National Reclamation Act of 1902 was a federal law that was passed in order for the federal government to start major irrigation projects in the West.
The result of these major projects was the creation of complex structures and systems(reservoirs and lakes) that would allow for the transformation of arid lands into farm capable lands.
The movable type printing press.
It is probably more nearly correct to state that the Northern states offered more fertile soil for industrialization to grow and prosper than the South. The comments above about slavery are misstated. The Southern economy was indeed agrarian and dependent upon slave labor; however the reason for this is was that the economy in that portion of the country consisted of large scale plantations of staple crops, primarily cotton. It is manifestly incorrect to state...
Answer:
c
Explanation:
The Civil War benefited the Northern economy, but it left the Southern economy in absolutely terrible condition.
