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In terms of manpower needed to fight the Civil War, the South was disadvantaged by
 a. a smaller total population of military-aged males than the North.
  b. limited support from free, white males in border states.
  c. a population that included over 1 million military-aged slaves who could not be used for direct combat.
  d. the fact that some of its manpower had to be used to repress the slave labor force.
  e. All of the above.

Question 2

During the postwar period, increased real wages for women led to an increase in the labor force participation rate for women. This implies that, for women,
 a. the substitution effect of a wage increase is greater than the income effect.
  b. the substitution effect of a wage increase is less than the income effect.
  c. the substitution effect of a wage increase equals the income effect.
  d. wage increases do not have an income effect.



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Answer to Question 1

e. All of the above.

Answer to Question 2

b. the substitution effect of a wage increase is greater than the income effect.



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