The Agriculture Development Of The Last Frontier In America During The Late 19^th Century

IIThis thesis mainly analyses the advantageous factors on the agriculture development of the last frontier in American in the late 19th century, probes into the achievement and its influence of the agriculture development in this region. This thesis is divided into three parts:The first part mainly introduce the geography, climate and environment in the last frontier ,and people how to explore the region and the development of it by the late 19th century. This is the base of the treatise below and the jumping-off point of the next treatise.The second part discusses the factors that accelerated the agriculture development in the last frontier. After the civil war, the dispute between North and South about the land in the last frontier is over.In order to accelerate the pace of the agriculture development in this region. The Federal government drew up a series of land ordinances. These ordinances played an important role in the agriculture development in this region. The development of the transportation in the last frontier , especially the construction of the railway network, provided the essential condition make the agriculture development possible in this desolate area. In the late 19th century, industrialization under way in the eastern America ,this provided the equipments for the migration in the last frontier, which also accelerate the process of the agriculture development .In this kind of situation, a great quantity of migration arrived at this region, the large-scale of settlement and agriculture development in this region arrived.The third part mainly dissertates the course of the agriculture development and the influence of it in the last frontier. The westward movement in the late 19th century has many differences with that in the former19th century under the different conditions. In the late 19th century ,the speed and scale of agriculture development exceed that in the former 19th century largely. Within 30 years, half of the territory in the America was settled down. The agriculture development in the last frontier in the late 19th century not only had great influence on American economy but also had greatly influence on the American social culture. Accompany with the agriculture development in the last frontier, the output of crop yielded greatly and exceed, the price of crop declined significantly.A series of social problems appeared.The agriculture development in the last frontier, which also molded the American race personality and ethos.