Question

Demand for Texas cotton was driven by continuing industrialization in Europe and the eastern United States, where ______ factories created cloth from cotton. In Texas, the expansion of ______ that could carry cotton products to market allowed farmers to expand cotton growing into other areas. Innovators such as Robert S. Munger came up with faster and more efficient ways to gin and _________ cotton

Answer 1

Demand for Texas cotton was driven by continuing industrialization in Europe and the eastern United States, where textile factories created cloth from cotton. In Texas, the expansion of railroads that could carry cotton products to market allowed farmers to expand cotton growing into other areas. Innovators such as Robert S. Munger came up with faster and more efficient ways to gin and bale cotton.