1) Commercial agriculture replaced subsistence agriculture after 1825 due to the transportation revolution and the development of new agricultural technologies. True False

2) developed a light, steel plow that cut through soil with less effort than earlier types of plows.

3) __________ developed a mechanical reaper that cut the time needed to harvest wheat.

    A) John Deere

    B) Eli Whitney

    C) Cyrus McCormick

    D) Samuel Slater



4) 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.



5) While a farmer could spend an average of $20 a year on tools in 1800, by 1850 Scientific American recommended that farmers spend $600. In order to remain competitive by producing more crops, farmers had to buy the new agricultural equipment. True False

6) The effect of early industrialization on the trans-Appalachian West was to encourage

    A) specialized, cash-crop agriculture.

    B) slavery.

    C) self-sufficient farming.

    D) heavy industry.



7) All of the following descrie what happened to agriculture as the market revolution unfolded, except:

    A) Cotton production increased dramatically, with over half the world supply coming from the American South.

    B) The centers of grain production--especially wheat--migrated westward as new farmlands were settled.

    C) Farmers tried to raise a surplus crop for sale as they became more tightly tied into the new national market system.

    D) While total production increased, farm output per acre and per worker declined.