Question

what is wheat revolution? when and why was it introduced?

Answer 1

The extensive cultivation of wheat and corn in the westward lands in America by the white settlers is known as wheat revolution. It was introduced in the early decades of the 19^th century by the US government.
As per the statistics;

1. 1910 - 45 million acres of land cultivated wheat.
2. 1919 - 74 million acres of land cultivated wheat.
3. Big farmers and wheat barons controlled nearly 2,000 to 3,000 acres of land on individual basis.

Reasons behind the wheat revolution:

1. After the American War of Independence from 1775 to 1783 and the formation of the United States of America, the white Americans began to move westward.
2. The white settlers thought that the wilderness of such land could be turned into cultivated fields.
3. Urban population in the USA was growing and the export market expanding.
4. Demand for wheat and other grains increased resulting in price hike of wheat.
5. Spread of the railways encouraged transportation of grains from the wheat-growing regions to the eastern coast for export.
6. Demands soared by the early twentieth century and during the First World War the world market boomed.
7. Russian supplies of wheat were cut off and the USA had to feed Europe.