Which of the following is an example of growth and expansion during the 1800s? Barbed wire was invented, the frontier opened, and farming decreased. Industries were destroyed, plantations grew, and sharecropping increased. The American Indian population grew, raids continued, and buffalo hunting became profitable. A network of railroads grew, new companies began, and existing companies expanded.

Which of the following is an example of growth and expansion during the 1800s? Barbed wire was invented, the frontier opened, and farming decreased. Industries were destroyed, plantations grew, and sharecropping increased. The American Indian population grew, raids continued, and buffalo hunting became profitable. A network of railroads grew, new companies began, and existing companies expanded.