Exam 14: War, Recovery, and Regional Divergence

In the years following the Civil War, the world supply of cotton ____________ and the growth of world demand for cotton _____________.

What Supreme Court case ruled separate education for blacks and whites was constitutional provided that it was equal?

The Goldin and Lewis (1975) study of the costs of the Civil War

Which Amendment freed slaves?

In terms of industrial capacity in 1860, value added in manufacturing was close to _____ in the North, and _____ in the South.

Economic Insights What is the best description of Northern wages from 1860-1864?

After the Civil War the southern sharecropper was often tied to the land by an economic system similar to although less onerous than slavery, and known as ______.

The South's transportation problem was primarily due to

Which statement best describes the South's economic experience from 1880-1900?

The most important factor in the demise of the debt peonage in the post-Civil War South was

In terms of manpower needed to fight the Civil War, the South was disadvantaged by

Disadvantages faced by the South in fighting the Civil War include

During the Civil War years,

The demise of debt peonage in the post-Civil War South was partly due to all of the following except

In the North, the Civil War

At the outset of the Civil War, _______________ had a significant advantage in arms production; however, ____________ was able to increase production more rapidly.

Printing of paper money by the Confederate government led to

For the tenant in the post-bellum South, the advantage of sharecropping compared with renting for cash was that _____.

In the South after the Civil War,

The cotton famine,