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skymedlock

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Between 1870-1910, quantitative evidence shows very little, if any growth in bushels produced per acre for crops like corn and wheat. Which of the following statements correctly depicts the situation of farmers during this period?
 a. Although output per acre was not growing, increased labor productivity allowed farmers to earn profits.
  b. Farmers exited corn and wheat production due to lack of profits in these crops.
  c. Because output per acre was not growing, farmers were forced to produce corn and wheat on farms of 60 acres or less.
  d. Corn and wheat production became concentrated in the Great Lakes region, where small farms were common after the Civil War.

Question 2

Between 1870 and 1910, corn and wheat
 a. output showed little, if any, growth in land productivity.
  b. output increased dramatically, due to labor productivity increases.
  c. yields per acre hardly changed.
  d. output increased dramatically due to the effects of increased amounts of capital per worker.
  e. All of the above are correct.



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Answer to Question 1

a. Although output per acre was not growing, increased labor productivity allowed farmers to earn profits.

Answer to Question 2

e. All of the above are correct.



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