Was slavery a "profitable" institution for the South? Explain why or why not
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Slaves were used as workers in all types of economic enterprises, but overwhelmingly in cash crop agriculture. A slave generally proved to be a profitable investment for a slaveholder in terms of profit and cost calculations. Most southerners, however, were not slaveholders. The heavy capital investment in land and labor blocked the diversification of agriculture, the development of industry, and improvements in the transportation system, thus limiting overall economic opportunities.
You might also like to view...
Sin?ganhoe represents
A) the bringing together of Korean cultural nationalists. B) a democratic political organization. C) those in Korea who supported Japan. D) the military rule of Korea. E) Korean men who were forced to fight for Japan.
The first plan for a permanent union of the states, sharply limiting what the Congress could do and reserving broad governing powers to the individual states, was the ________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the state of the Portuguese and Spanish American colonies by the middle of the 18th century?
A) The population of the American colonies never recovered from the initial loss of Indian population. B) While the population of the American colonies was growing, largely due to the importation of African slaves, the economy was largely stagnant. C) The American colonies of Spain and Portugal were experiencing considerable growth in population and productive capacity. D) England was threatening to take over the Caribbean colonies and Spain fell into economic dependency status.
Which of the following statements about voting in the years following Reconstruction is LEAST accurate?
a. White Democrats sometimes courted black voters and even nominated black candidates. b. White Democrats sometimes stuffed ballot boxes in order to defeat Republican majorities. c. Democratic state governments enacted laws which explicitly denied black men their right to vote on the basis of their race. d. Democratic state governments enacted laws which allowed the indirect disenfranchisement of black men without technically violating the Fifteenth Amendment.