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because it grew all the crops nessasary for making bread they grew so much that people started calling them the bread basket colonies

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Because that is where most of the grain soybeans and wheat is planted

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Because miles and miles of grain and soybean fields greet you as you travel over flat land and fertile soil.

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The Midwest is referred to as the breadbasket of the US because most of the grain consumed in the country is grown there.

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