C2_DOL01

Which statement explains how demand for cotton as a cash crop MOST affected the Southern United States?

• It contributed to the growth of slavery.

• It reduced the need for factories.

• It contributed to the growth of railroads.

• It reduced the need for large farms.

This table summarizes characteristics of two colonial regions during the late seventeenth century. How did these characteristics influence life in the colonies?

• The New England colonies supported financial growth through high-paying industrial work.

• The Southern colonies supported the plantation production of cash crops because of long growing seasons.

• The Southern colonies developed large urban centers in order to support increasing manufacturing businesses.

• The New England colonies developed large rural populations in order to support increasing agricultural production.

This map shows a trade system that emerged in the 1500s and reached its height in the 1700s. Which factor was a reason for the trade system illustrated on this map?

• Labor demands of the factory system

• Invention of the steamboat

• Labor demands of the plantation system

• Invention of the mechanical loom

Study the diagram and answer the question that follows. Diagram flow: Colonial production of cash crops → Use of slavery in agriculture → ? → Expansion of the transatlantic slave trade. Which phrase BEST completes this diagram?

• Development of labor unions

• Increased enlistment in the military

• Construction of roads and railroads

• Increased profits for plantation owners

Which factor of British North America colonial life MOST contributed to the transatlantic slave trade?

• The demand for manufactured goods

• The improvements in transportation

• The need for building supplies

• The growth of cash crops