Author Question: Threshers appeared in large numbers after 1820, spurring much greater productivity in grain ... (Read 26 times)

brutforce · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Tobacco cultivation in the antebellum South

A. never made a profit.

B. was centered in the lower South.

C. was easy on the soil.

D. was gradually moving westward.

E. enjoyed a stable market.

Question 2

Prior to 1860, the center of economic power in the South

A. remained, as it had been, primarily within the lower South.

B. was in Charleston, South Carolina

C. shifted from the lower South to the upper South.

D. remained, as it had been, primarily within the upper South.

E. shifted from the upper South to the lower South.

Question 3

The historian who wrote The South prior to the Civil War grew, but did not develop meant that

A. the South had created a prosperous plantation system but had not expanded its borders.

B. the South had expanded as a geographic region but had developed little prosperity.

C. agriculture remained the leading industry of the South, but the plantation system was declining.

D. the southern population increased, but new technology had bypassed the region.

E. the South had failed to move from an agrarian to an industrial economy.

Question 4

Prior to 1860, rural Americans had almost no contact with the rest of the world.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question 5

Threshers appeared in large numbers after 1820, spurring much greater productivity in grain production.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.