Question 1

Which of these best completes the diagram above?

Accepted Answer

The demand for slaves increases in the South.

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The number of European immigrants arriving at southern port cities increases.

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More textile factories are established in the South.

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More tobacco and food crops are cultivated on southern plantations.

Question 2

Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?

Accepted Answer

The profitability of cash-crop agriculture

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The invention of the steam engine

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The development of the factory system

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The establishment of protective tariffs

Question 3

Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade during the 1700s?

Accepted Answer

Demand for slaves in the American colonies that produced cash crops

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A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies

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A lack of skilled labor in the American colonies

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Demand for slaves in the industrialized American colonies

Question 4

How did the plantation system influence the economic development of the United States?

Accepted Answer

It turned the South into a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills.

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It prevented the development of industry in the Northeast.

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It restricted agricultural expansion in the western territories.

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It increased federal dependency on tariffs for revenue.

Question 5

Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the transatlantic slave trade shown on the map?

Accepted Answer

The economic demands of the plantation system

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Increased western migration

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The construction needs of the railroad

Answer

Increased textile manufacturing

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