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100
What was one result of the patent for the cotton gin?
The growth of southern plantations and an expansion of slavery.
100
Which effect did the steel plow and the mechanical reaper have on life in the United States?
Crop production became more efficient.
100
How did the War of 1812 effect the economy?
Manufacturing increased.
200
Name 3 major 19th Century inventions.
Telegraph, steep plow, steamboat, locomotive
200
Which statement explains how demand for cotton as a cash crop MOST affected the Southern United States?
It contributed to the growth of slavery.
200
Reasons for Urbanization
200
How did opposition to this system affect the economy of the early republic?
A free enterprise system was adopted.
300
Which person is most likely a supporter of free enterprise?
Number 2
300
At the end of the nineteenth century American businesses were rapidly growing. How did the free enterprise system help this to happen?
America’s free enterprise system allowed businesses to form corporations.
300
Which statement explains how demand for cotton as a cash crop MOST affected the Southern United States?
It contributed to the growth of slavery.
400
Which factor best completes this diagram?
New transportation systems
400
How did the North contribute to the growth of slavery in the south?
Demand for cotton in the textile mills of the North.
400
The laissez-faire economic policies of the United States during the nineteenth century led to —
a largely unregulated market for industry