For years, the federal government has poured billions into defense plants, military bases, and aerospace facilities throughout the South and West. This sustained federal investment, coupled with regional business-friendly policies, has transformed these areas from agrarian hinterlands into the new economic heartland of the nation.
—Adapted from a regional economic report, 1988
Which of the following demographic shifts did the developments described in the excerpt most directly contribute to?
- The migration of millions of people from the industrial cities of the Northeast and Midwest to the South and West.Cevap
- BThe movement of rural workers to Northern cities to find employment in the emerging factory system and textile mills.
- CThe mass migration of Northern workers to the South to participate in federal public works programs created by the New Deal.
- DThe movement of suburban families back to Midwestern urban centers driven by federal supply-side funding of heavy industries.
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The migration of millions of people from the industrial cities of the Northeast and Midwest to the South and West.
The economic developments described in the excerpt—specifically federal defense and aerospace investment in the South and West—served as powerful pull factors that attracted millions of Americans away from the declining industrial centers of the Northeast and Midwest (the Rust Belt) to the rapidly growing cities of the South and West (the Sun Belt).
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Sun Belt Migration