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SOL REVIEW. Economic History. What was the major reason for the settlement of Virginia and the other Southern colonies?. Economic Opportunity. What became the cash crop of the Virginia colony?. Tobacco. Name four characteristics of the economy of the New England colonies?. Shipbuilding
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SOL REVIEW Economic History
What was the major reason for the settlement of Virginia and the other Southern colonies? • Economic Opportunity
Name four characteristics of the economy of the New England colonies? • Shipbuilding • Fishing • Lumbering • Subsistence Farming
Name three characteristics of the economy of the Middle Colonies? • Shipbuilding • Small farms • Trading
What was the economic basis of the Southern colonies? • Cash crops raised on large Plantations
What were the three cash crops of the Southern colonies? • Tobacco • Rice • Indigo
What were the two cash crops in South Carolina? • Rice • Indigo
Which English colonies believed in private property and free enterprise (profit)? • ALL
What is a tariff? • A tax on imports
What is another name for a tariff? • Customs Duty
What is revenue? • Tax Money
What is a monopoly? • Complete Control • Absence of Competition • No Competition
What does interstate commercemean? • Trade between states
What were two trends in American life during the first half of the 19th century? • Westward Movement • Economic Development
What two transportation improvements encourage westward movement and economic development? • Canals • Railroads
Who invented the cotton gin? • Eli Whitney
What did the cotton gin cause to spread throughout the Deep South? • The “Cotton Kingdom” based on African-American slavery
Did the cotton gin increase or decrease the demand for slaves? • Increased
Between 1800 and 1850, what region developed an industrial economy based on manufacturing? • The North
Between 1800 and 1850, what region developed an industrial economy based on manufacturing? • The North
Which region favored high protective tariffs? • The North
Define protective tariffs. • Taxes on imports which are so high that Americans cannot afford to buy foreign goods
What was the basis of the South’s economy? • Agriculture (Farming) • Plantations that used slave labor
Why did the South oppose high tariffs? • Made manufactured goods more expensive
What were economic and social results of Reconstruction? • South was devastated and bitter. • North and Midwest had strong industrial economies.
What transportation improvement was completed in 1869? • 1st Transcontinental Railroad
What did the transcontinental railroad do? • Linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by Rail
What was the 1862 Homestead Act? • Law that gave freepublicland to settlers in the western territories • Settlers promised to live on and farm this land for five years
What 2 new technologies in the late 19th century opened new Western lands? • Railroads • Mechanical Reaper: harvested wheat
What did Chinese immigrants help build? • Transcontinental railroad
What are two advantages of a corporation? • 1) Raise capital; 2) Limited Liability
What 18th century Scottish philosopher developed the laissez faire economic theory? • Adam Smith
Who wrote Wealth of Nations? • Adam Smith
What does laissez faire mean? • An economic philosophy that says government should leave business alone; let business do what it wants. Government should neither help nor hinder business.
What does anti-trust mean? • Anti-monopoly
What was the major weakness in the Sherman Anti-Trust Act? • The wording was toovague.
What is a labor union? • An organization of workers
In what major strike in the 1890s was the American Railway Union involved? • The Pullman Strike
Who won the Pullman Strike? The Pullman Company or the American Railway Union • the Pullman Company
What labor union was involved in the 1892 Homestead Steel Strike? • The AF of L (American Federation of Labor)
What union was blamed for the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago? • The Knights of Labor
What did the term “trust” mean during the late 19th and early 20th centuries? • A business monopoly
What does the term monopoly mean? • Absence of Competition
What industry was made more efficient by the development of the Bessemer process? • Steel
Which side did government take in both the Haymarket Riot and the Pullman Strike? Big Business or Labor? • Big Business
Define imperialism. • One country gaining political or economic control over another country
What was the Open Door Policy? • All nations would have equal trading rights in China
What president was known for Dollar Diplomacy? • William Howard Taft