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Why did Indianapolis become a hub for industry? Select all that apply.
The steel industry built large steel plants in the city and provided for the needs of new workers.
Cheaper costs to transport coal helped factories and industry grow.
Its central location in the state made it a crossroads for railroad lines.
The city’s natural gas boom attracted many new businesses and workers
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- Cheaper costs to transport coal helped factories and industry grow.
- Its central location in the state made it a crossroads for railroad lines.
(Indianapolis’s railroad crossroads and lower fuel/transport costs drove industrial growth; large steel plants and a local natural-gas boom were not primary reasons for the city's rise as an industrial hub.)
- Its central location in the state made it a crossroads for railroad lines.
(Indianapolis’s railroad crossroads and lower fuel/transport costs drove industrial growth; large steel plants and a local natural-gas boom were not primary reasons for the city's rise as an industrial hub.)
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