With the development of cash-crop agriculture in the trans-Allegheny West
a. subsistence farming became common.
b. farmers began to support the idea of slave labor.
c. farmers quickly faced mounting indebtedness.
d. the South could harvest a larger crop.
e. the issue of farm surpluses came to the fore.
c
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According to the introductory video in section 5.5, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense contributed to the American Revolution by __________
A) proposing that a continental army be formed B) calling for a congress to be convened C) defending the actions of Parliament D) rallying Americans around a common cause
The Hart Room, representing the home of a prosperous colonist, indicates that affluent colonists in the early eighteenth century __________
A) lived in primitive conditions much like those of the earliest settlers B) had simple homes that lacked ornamentation and were sparsely furnished C) demonstrated the fine furnishings and carpets imported from England D) used highly specialized construction techniques
The Confederacy enlisted slaves into their army as fighting soldiers
a. only a month before the war ended. b. at the beginning of the war. c. as a response to the Emancipation Proclamation. d. in lieu of forcing tens of thousands of slaves into involuntary labor which included building fortifications and supplying armies. e. in recognition that the idea of slavery was wrong.
The organization founded in 1833 that institutionalized radical abolitionism was the:
A) American Missionary Association. B) American Colonization Society. C) American Anti-Slavery Society. D) New England Emigrant-Aid Society.