Southern Reconstruction And The Progressive Era

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Between Southern Reconstruction and the start of the Progressive Era, American agriculture experienced great changes. Agriculture had been a prolific part of the United States' economy before the Industrial revolution. The Industrial Revolution certainly had an effect on American agriculture, but it still continued to evolve. Further development of agriculture was affected by government policies, developing technologies and a changing economy for farmers. As industrialization surged after the Reconstruction period and American farmers were slowly forgotten, American farmers united in order to consult the rise of dishonorable presidential cabinets.

Between 1865 and 1900, many changes in agriculture began to occur. The prices for wheat cotton