How did Swift's innovation impact industrial growth in the West?
А.
The air-conditioned accommodations of the new railcars encouraged more
people to utilize them to move west.
B.
The need for immigrant labor in western cities decreased since products could
be shipped from the East.
C.
Industrial growth declined in the West as workers left cities to become ranchers
and raise cattle for eastern companies.
D.
New factories and meat-packing plants opened in the West since fresh goods
could be more easily shipped east.

Swift's innovation impacted industrial growth in the west because D. New factories and meat-packing plants opened up since fresh goods could be more easily shipped east.

Gustavus Franklin Swift, Sr. was responsible for the first refrigerated railroad car which allowed him to ship meat all over the country from his factories in the Midwest.

He built a meat empire that:

was valued at hundreds of millions of dollars
processed millions of livestock yearly
employed more than 20,000 people

As a result of his innovation, people were able to use refrigerated railroad cars to transport fresh goods to the east from wherever they were and so opened up factories in the west.

In conclusion, Mr. Swift's innovation allowed for industries to be built in the west because they could sell fresh goods further away.

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