Question 1

The annual rate of growth of commodity output during the Civil War

Accepted Answer

A) held constant from the previous decade. 
B) increased by roughly 25 percent. 
C) fell by more than 50 percent. 
D) None of the above is correct. 
A) held constant from the previous decade. 
B) increased by roughly 25 percent. 
C) fell by more than 50 percent. 
D) None of the above is correct.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) finds peaceful abolition of slavery would have been more costly than the War. 
B) fails to include an estimate for the loss of human capital due to the War. 
C) estimates the total cost of the War at more than double national income in 1860. 
D) finds Northern property damage to be a major factor in the War's cost. 
A) finds peaceful abolition of slavery would have been more costly than the War. 
B) fails to include an estimate for the loss of human capital due to the War. 
C) estimates the total cost of the War at more than double national income in 1860. 
D) finds Northern property damage to be a major factor in the War's cost.

Question 3

In the decade immediately following emancipation,former slaves

Accepted Answer

A) were willing to work under the gang system in return for wages and benefits. 
B) decreased their labor supply. 
C) obtained ownership of roughly 40 percent of southern farms. 
D) moved to northern states in large numbers. 
A) were willing to work under the gang system in return for wages and benefits. 
B) decreased their labor supply. 
C) obtained ownership of roughly 40 percent of southern farms. 
D) moved to northern states in large numbers.

Question 4

At the start of the Civil War,the South adopted a trade policy that did not

Accepted Answer

A) discourage exports to England. 
B) ban sales of cotton to the North. 
C) eventually move England from neutrality in the Civil War. 
D) weaken the southern war effort. 
A) discourage exports to England. 
B) ban sales of cotton to the North. 
C) eventually move England from neutrality in the Civil War. 
D) weaken the southern war effort.

Question 5

In the South after the Civil War,

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A) agriculture was the first to recover to prewar levels. 
B) the transportation network took nearly 20 years to recover. 
C) manufacturing recovered before agriculture. 
D) large public spending was needed to repair extensive damage to the rail network. 
A) agriculture was the first to recover to prewar levels. 
B) the transportation network took nearly 20 years to recover. 
C) manufacturing recovered before agriculture. 
D) large public spending was needed to repair extensive damage to the rail network.

Question 6

What was not one of the causes of hardship for Southern agricultural products in the immediate post-Civil War period (1870-1890)?

Accepted Answer

A) Increased infestation by boll weevils and other insects. 
B) Significant withdrawal of women and children from the fields. 
C) Increased competition from new cotton producers in other areas of the world. 
D) The loss of the plantation system. 
A) Increased infestation by boll weevils and other insects. 
B) Significant withdrawal of women and children from the fields. 
C) Increased competition from new cotton producers in other areas of the world. 
D) The loss of the plantation system.

Question 7

In response to Southern restrictions on the export of cotton in 1861 and 1862,

Accepted Answer

A) Britain was forced to give financial aid to the Confederate government due to its dependence on Southern cotton. 
B) Britain provided a naval blockade protecting ships carrying Southern cotton. 
C) the price of Southern cotton soared,allowing Southern planters to earn substantial profits. 
D) Britain relied on alternate sources of supply to meet its cotton demand. 
A) Britain was forced to give financial aid to the Confederate government due to its dependence on Southern cotton. 
B) Britain provided a naval blockade protecting ships carrying Southern cotton. 
C) the price of Southern cotton soared,allowing Southern planters to earn substantial profits. 
D) Britain relied on alternate sources of supply to meet its cotton demand.

Question 8

After the Civil War,many Southern farmers fell into a long-run spiral of debt caused by

Accepted Answer

A) the monopoly power of country stores. 
B) the monopoly power of railroads. 
C) excessive interest rates charged by banks. 
D) carpetbaggers. 
A) the monopoly power of country stores. 
B) the monopoly power of railroads. 
C) excessive interest rates charged by banks. 
D) carpetbaggers.

Question 9

Part of the decrease in real wages during the Civil War was due to deteriorating productivity because of ___.

Accepted Answer

A) the inability of firms to replace machinery. 
B) the need to use inexperienced workers. 
C) the decline in coal production. 
D) excessive days lost due to strikes. 
A) the inability of firms to replace machinery. 
B) the need to use inexperienced workers. 
C) the decline in coal production. 
D) excessive days lost due to strikes.

Question 10

The Confederacy's primary mechanism for generating revenue during the Civil War was to:

Accepted Answer

A) Raise taxes. 
B) Increase trade and gain more money from exports. 
C) Borrow more money. 
D) Print more money. 
A) Raise taxes. 
B) Increase trade and gain more money from exports. 
C) Borrow more money. 
D) Print more money.

The annual rate of growth of commodity output during the Civil War

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

In the decade immediately following emancipation,former slaves

At the start of the Civil War,the South adopted a trade policy that did not

In the South after the Civil War,

What was not one of the causes of hardship for Southern agricultural products in the immediate post-Civil War period (1870-1890)?

In response to Southern restrictions on the export of cotton in 1861 and 1862,

After the Civil War,many Southern farmers fell into a long-run spiral of debt caused by

Part of the decrease in real wages during the Civil War was due to deteriorating productivity because of ___.

The Confederacy's primary mechanism for generating revenue during the Civil War was to:

Economic History

Founding the Colonies

Colonial Economic Activities

The Economic Relations of the Colonies

Economic Progress and Wealth

Three Crises and Revolt

Hard Realities for a New Nation

Land and the Early Western Movements

Transportation and Market Growth

Market Expansion Industry in First Transition

Labor During the Early Industrial Period

Money and Banking in the Developing Economy

The Entrenchment of Slavery and Regional Conflict

Agricultures Western Advance

Railroads and Economic Change

Industrial Expansion and Concentration

The Emergence of Americas Labor Consciousness

Money, Prices, and Finance in the Postbellum ERA

Commerce at Home and Abroad

Mobilizing for War

The Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression

The New Deal

World War II

The Changing Role of the Federal Government

Government the Business Cycle After World War II

Manufacturing, Productivity, and Labor

Achievements of the Past, Challenges for the Future

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Exam 14: War, Recovery and Regional Divergence

The annual rate of growth of commodity output during the Civil War

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

In the decade immediately following emancipation,former slaves

At the start of the Civil War,the South adopted a trade policy that did not

In the South after the Civil War,

What was not one of the causes of hardship for Southern agricultural products in the immediate post-Civil War period (1870-1890)?

In response to Southern restrictions on the export of cotton in 1861 and 1862,

After the Civil War,many Southern farmers fell into a long-run spiral of debt caused by

Part of the decrease in real wages during the Civil War was due to deteriorating productivity because of ___.

The Confederacy's primary mechanism for generating revenue during the Civil War was to:

Economic History

Founding the Colonies

Colonial Economic Activities

The Economic Relations of the Colonies

Economic Progress and Wealth

Three Crises and Revolt

Hard Realities for a New Nation

Land and the Early Western Movements

Transportation and Market Growth

Market Expansion Industry in First Transition

Labor During the Early Industrial Period

Money and Banking in the Developing Economy

The Entrenchment of Slavery and Regional Conflict

Agricultures Western Advance

Railroads and Economic Change

Industrial Expansion and Concentration

The Emergence of Americas Labor Consciousness

Money, Prices, and Finance in the Postbellum ERA

Commerce at Home and Abroad

Mobilizing for War

The Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression

The New Deal

World War II

The Changing Role of the Federal Government

Government the Business Cycle After World War II

Manufacturing, Productivity, and Labor

Achievements of the Past, Challenges for the Future

Filters