USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did the plantation system influence the economic development of the United States?
A
It prevented the development of industry in the Northeast.
B
It turned the South into a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills.
C
It restricted agricultural expansion in the western territories.
D
It increased federal dependency on tariffs for revenue.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -How did the plantation system influence the economic development of the United States? It prevented the development of industry in the Northeast. It turned the South into a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills. It restricted agricultural expansion in the western territories.

Detailed explanation-2: -Economic developments, such as industrialization and the growth of plantations, directly influenced where people lived in the United States. The invention of the Cotton gin increased cotton production manifold which profited the plantation owners and led to an increase in the demand for slaves.

Detailed explanation-3: -With the invention of the cotton gin, cotton became the cash crop of the Deep South, stimulating increased demand for enslaved people from the Upper South to toil the land.

Detailed explanation-4: -This has severely threatened the well-being of the tribal community which depends on agriculture and forest, forcing them to be bonded and migrant labour; increasing their indebtedness; and exploitation of forest produce for income.

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