The Midwest Industries and Agriculture referat



The Midwest - Industries and Agriculture

The Midwest Industries and Agriculture



States:


Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska



Nebraska

one of the Midwestern States

which makes up America's heartland

Midwestern States are geographical centre and the centre of American agricultures and industry


Area ~ 200.000 sqkm

Inhabitants ~ 1,6 million

Capital - Lincoln


famous for the cattle and hog industries

also famous for its meat-packing centres

one of the leading grain-producers

there are firms which make electronic components, auto accessories, mobile homes and pharmacenticales


Manufacturing Belt


biggest and connotative industry area in northeast (USA)

-   the Midwest is a part from the M. Belt

first connotative industrie area in the USA

southern of the great Lakes

States: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New

Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,

Delaware, Maryland

Rivers: Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio, Hudson


requisites for the genesis


very much worker (immigration from Europe for example from

England)

aspire from the immigrant  after freedom and affluence, positive

setting to technical renewals

system of a free social market economy

good transport ways over the lakes => trading in europe

richness at water; woods and other minerals (pit coal, ore)


specialization onto definite appanages in the industry in definite areas

(for example: Detroit - automobile industry)


on 10% from the state area life 48% from the population and 70% from the industriepeople