The south constructed textile mills, factories, and thousands of miles of railroad as a result of whose efforts?
a. alex manly
b. booker t. washington
c. george washington carver
d. henry w. grady

The South constructed textile mills, factories, and thousand of miles of railroad as a result of D. HENRY W. GRADY 's efforts.

Henry Woodfin Grady was a journalist and an orator. He helped reintegrate the states of the former Confederacy into the Union after the American Civil War. It was also through his oratorical skills that he encouraged the industrialization of the South.

He popularized an antithesis between the "old south" and "new south". "Old south" being the period where everything is reliant on slavery and agriculture, not knowing that to rely on these things can not maintain healthy growth. "New south" being a period where everyone is thrilling with the consciousness of growing power and prosperity.

He also promoted the creation of the Georgia Institute of Technology, a state vocational-education school erected to train workers for new industries.