Answer:
From
the late 19th century, there was a dramatic expansion of wheat propduction in USA.
The growing urban population and export market encouraged the farmers to produce
more wheat. President Wilson encouraged the farmer by saying 'Plant more wheat,
wheat will win the war'.
By the early 20th century, the landscape of USA had transformed
radically. White Americans had moved Westward and established control upto
the West coast by displacing local tribes. They wanted to make the entire
landscape into different agricultural
belts. They also wanted to dominate the world market in
agricultural produce.
After the 1860s, the settlers swept into the Great plain
across the Mississippi river. In subsequent decades the region became a major wheat
producing area.
The spread of railways made it easy to transport grain
from the wheat producing region to after regions.
By the early 20th century the demand became
ever higher and dunig the First world war the world market
boomed. As Russian supplie of wheat were cut off, the USA had to feed Europe.
In 1910, about 45 million acres of land in the USA was under wheat production, with
in 1919 it expanded to 74 million acres.
The introduction of new technology helped farmers in the
great plains to increase the production of wheat to meet the demand of world
market. In this way the USA became the
bread basket of the world.
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