Question

1. read the following passage and answer the following question: \in 1844, cyrus mccormick took a trip to the midwest and he left the area convinced it would be the ideal place to sell his reapers because of the great amounts of wheat and other grains grown there, and the increasing farming population. this proved to be a wise premonition. in 1847 he opened a factory in chicago with the help of the mayor william ogden. in the first year 800 reapers were sold. the reaper impacted american agriculture and american life in several ways. the ability to harvest more led farmers to start growing more and decreased the possibility of food shortages. the ability to grow more acres of crops further attracted people moving west in the latter half of the 19th century. the reaper contributed to the industrial revolution. the reaper limited the amount people it took to farm freeing people up to work in factories and other industrial fields.\ which statement about cyrus mccormick best infers his impact on chicago? by opening his reaper factor in chicago, cyrus mccormick made chicago the grain capitol of america without cyrus mccormick, chicago wouldnt have developed at the same rate farmers began to move to chicago because of cyrus mccormick and his reaper chicagos location to the prairie was the only reason mccormick was successful

Explanation:

The passage states that McCormick opened a factory in Chicago, and the reaper had multiple impacts like contributing to the Industrial Revolution (by freeing people for factory work). This implies his factory was part of Chicago's development trajectory. Option 1 is not supported as there's no mention of Chicago being the "grain capitol". Option 3 is wrong as the text says people moved west (not specifically to Chicago) due to crop - growing ability. Option 4 is incorrect as location wasn't the "only" reason (farming population etc. also factors).

Answer:

Without Cyrus McCormick, Chicago wouldn't have developed at the same rate.