34. Slave-grown cotton impacted the economies of both the South and the North th

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34. Slave-grown cotton impacted the economies of both the South and the North through (a) Producing most of the innovative ideas in the US economy in the 17ths, 18, and 19 (b) Reducing US dependence on Great Britain Producing over half of export earnings of the us and much of the financial capital that helped it grow d) Producing a network of railroads throughout the country that used the same track width 35. Prices in the market for slaves were impacted by (a) the demand for products produced by slaves, including cottion (b) the average level of education of the slave lc) the price of a full family of slaves ld) the availability of immigration visas 36. The Morrill Act: (a) Provided federal land to states to use or sell off to fund education (b) Was intended to reduce the demand for slaves Provided a standardized curriculum to growing universities in the west (d) Was intended to provide funding for land for a transcontinental railroad 37. One result of the land grants given to the railways to construct the transcontinental raliroad was (a) Settlement of large tracts of land was blocked in southern Wyoming and across the west b) Wyoming became urbanized very quickly (c) Most of Wyoming's population lived north of the Union Pacific (d) Cattle ranchers could easily purchase large contiguous acreages for their herds 38. When we refer to the Second industrial Revolution, we're referring to a time when (a) Americans moved en masse to the rural areas of the US (b) Government funding was absolutely essential in supporting (c) There was enormous growth in innovative new processes, new business practices power and the consolidation of wea (d) Entrepreneurship was at a historical low in the US 39. The second industrial revolution was characterized by (a) A small number of new innovations and inventions (b) A slow-down in westward expansion across the North American continent (c) Expansion (d) Substantial changes in business and industrial methods that improved existing processes of the Spanish Empire

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(35) At that time there was an agrarian society. The planters need more and more slaves for production of crops such as rice, Indigo, cotton, wheat etc.

So, the option (a) is right.

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