Exam 5: Westward Expansion

What is a business cycle? Explain the forces behind the cyclical pattern of land sales during westward expansion in the U.S.Explain how U.S.land tenure made land a productive commodity capable of contributing to economic growth.

According to historian Charles Beard's analysis and interpretation,the Constitution was

Federal land policy of the United States was much less generous toward squatters than some of the colonial government's land policies before Independence.

What does an empirical analysis of the key votes at the Constitutional Convention suggest?

The American Revolution and Constitution represented the transition to "modern liberalism," or

"It was one of the paradoxes of U.S.economic development that the very expansion of the frontier and the occupation of new land was perhaps a retarding factor in economic growth during the early period.Capital and labor were drawn off to regions not easily accessible and were not immediately translated into increased output and productivity." Reconcile this apparent paradox.

The Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 established property rights in land that provided for all of the following except

Using the Historical Statistics displayed in Table 5.1,discuss whether there is evidence to support ?the hypothesis that regional population trends were constant and stable between 1790 and 1860.

Compare Hughes' view of the causes of land sales booms with that of Douglass North's.

List the colonists' complaints,economic and political,against British governmental rule prior ?to the American Revolution.Explain why the drafters of the U.S.Constitution created a new ?U.S.government that allowed the central government to rule and regulate in fashions strongly opposed during the American Revolution.Explain the change in views.

Compare and contrast the Articles of Confederation and the U.S.Constitution.Identify what they have in common and how they differ politically and economically.How did the Articles of Confederation hinder economic growth and development in the states? How did the Constitution correct the economic and political problems created by the Articles of Confederation? How did the Constitution establish a legal and economic environment within which a strong national economy could develop?

Many of the Founding Fathers considered the emancipation of slaves to be

Discuss the relationship between land sales and improved transportation.

Under the U.S.Constitution,individual states

After the American Revolution,the public domain expanded and the amount of community property held by the federal government grew considerably.If it had stayed community property,there would have been problems,according to Hughes and Cain (2011).These problems include which of the following?

The Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 accomplished which of the following?

People have incentive to efficiently and effectively use land in the public domain or held by?a communal group.

The Constitution contains a provision that states that no laws shall be passed "impairing the obligation of contracts." This provision

The object of the Northwest Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 was to preserve the public domain from private exploitation.

Land sale booms were caused by large waves of immigration.