Question 1

Slaves were expensive factors of production in comparison to free labor.Which of the following ?was not a cost to slave labor?

Accepted Answer

A)  Food 
B)  Clothing 
C)  Wages 
D)  Medical care 
A)  Food 
B)  Clothing 
C)  Wages 
D)  Medical care

Question 2

A fundamental criticism of Time on the Cross is that economics cannot be used to simply compare the welfare of the slaves to their free,white counterparts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Slaver owners were optimistic about the economic future of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Time on the Cross views slavery as a system in which

Accepted Answer

A)  the slaves were quite happy, good-hearted and content with their condition. 
B)  the plantations were efficient operations with incentive systems providing slaves with some rewards for productive behaviors. 
C)  the slaves, because of the oppression and brutal conditions they faced, had the same type of attitudes as did the inmates of Nazi concentration camps during World War II. 
D)  the prospects of escape or resistance were so poor that slaves made few revolts against slavery. 
A)  the slaves were quite happy, good-hearted and content with their condition. 
B)  the plantations were efficient operations with incentive systems providing slaves with some rewards for productive behaviors. 
C)  the slaves, because of the oppression and brutal conditions they faced, had the same type of attitudes as did the inmates of Nazi concentration camps during World War II. 
D)  the prospects of escape or resistance were so poor that slaves made few revolts against slavery.

Slaves were expensive factors of production in comparison to free labor.Which of the following ?was not a cost to slave labor?

A fundamental criticism of Time on the Cross is that economics cannot be used to simply compare the welfare of the slaves to their free,white counterparts.

Slaver owners were optimistic about the economic future of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.

Time on the Cross views slavery as a system in which

Overseas Empire

Colonial Development

America on the Eve of Revolution

Gaining Independence

Westward Expansion

Population and Labor Force

Law and the Rise of Classical American Capitalism

Transportation, Internal Improvements, and Urbanization

Agricultural Expansion: The Conflict of Two Systems on the Land

The Early Industrial Sector

The Financial System and the International Economy

Economic Effects of the Civil War

Railroads and Economic Development

Post-Civil War Agriculture

Population Growth and the Atlantic Migration

Industrialization, Entrepreneurship, and Urban Growth

Big Business and Government Intervention

Financial Developments 1863–1914

The Giant Economy and Its International Relations

Labor and the Law

The Command Economy Emerges: World War I

Normalcy”: 1919–1929

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The “Prosperity” of Wartime

Before the New Frontier: The Postwar Economy

Population, Health, and Labor

Postwar Industry and Agriculture

To the New Millennium and Beyond

Does Our Past Have a Future?

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Exam 10: The Debate over Slavery

Slaves were expensive factors of production in comparison to free labor.Which of the following ?was not a cost to slave labor?

A fundamental criticism of Time on the Cross is that economics cannot be used to simply compare the welfare of the slaves to their free,white counterparts.

Slaver owners were optimistic about the economic future of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.

Time on the Cross views slavery as a system in which

Overseas Empire

Colonial Development

America on the Eve of Revolution

Gaining Independence

Westward Expansion

Population and Labor Force

Law and the Rise of Classical American Capitalism

Transportation, Internal Improvements, and Urbanization

Agricultural Expansion: The Conflict of Two Systems on the Land

The Early Industrial Sector

The Financial System and the International Economy

Economic Effects of the Civil War

Railroads and Economic Development

Post-Civil War Agriculture

Population Growth and the Atlantic Migration

Industrialization, Entrepreneurship, and Urban Growth

Big Business and Government Intervention

Financial Developments 1863–1914

The Giant Economy and Its International Relations

Labor and the Law

The Command Economy Emerges: World War I

Normalcy”: 1919–1929

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The “Prosperity” of Wartime

Before the New Frontier: The Postwar Economy

Population, Health, and Labor

Postwar Industry and Agriculture

To the New Millennium and Beyond

Does Our Past Have a Future?

Filters