Exam 9: Agricultural Expansion: The Conflict of Two Systems on the Land

Compare economic historians' views on why the Southern economy prospered between 1815 and 1860,and why manufacturing failed to develop there.

By 1860,over one-half of all Southern farms utilized slave labor.

Identify the two systems of land that emerged during the antebellum period.Explain why they were in conflict.

During the antebellum period,two systems of land use emerged-the self-sufficient system of?the North,which did not rely on specialization,and the specialized system of the South,which concentrated the use of slaves.

The steel plow and horse-drawn reaper increased labor productivity on all farms,small and large.

The region that was using mechanized harvesting equipment before the Civil War was

When he invented the cotton gin in 1793,Eli Whitney exhibited

On the eve of the Civil War,what was the number one export in the U.S.?

Until 1860,the domestic and international demand for cotton provided motive to expand slavery.

Exports from and imports to the U.S.were important to growth in the U.S.between 1790 and 1860 because

Between 1810 and 1850,the U.S.population living in the trans-Appalachian states increased significantly.

Investment in the agricultural economy of the antebellum period of U.S.history usually entailed everything below except

According to Fogel and Engerman (1974),Northern farmers extensively utilized hired labor.

Identify the role the cotton gin played in perpetuating slavery.

What does the study of the balance of international trade and finance between 1790 and 1860 help American economic historians do?

In the antebellum economy of the South,what was not produced for subsistence consumption?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 did not allow popular sovereignty over the issue of slavery.

Which statement holds true for the period of slavery in U.S.history?

Suppose the Constitutional Convention of 1787 had abolished slavery.How would this have affected the economy of the American South? Would the Civil War have been necessary?

Which of the following arguments is consistent with the claims of Robert Fogel (1989)?