How Were New Farming Communities in the Old Northwest Strikingly

question 61

Multiple Choice

How were new farming communities in the Old Northwest strikingly different from rural areas in established sections of the country?

• A) Western farming frontiers were involved in a commercial cash economy from the start, while many established rural areas were areas of traditional subsistence farming.
• B) While the market economy dominated the settled areas of America, the farming frontier remained self-sufficient for decades after settlement.
• C) The transportation revolution that transformed the East had little impact in the Old Northwest.
• D) Western areas industrialized quickly, while rural areas in the Northeast were slow to adopt the factory system.

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Definitions:

Histogram

A graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data, using bars to show the frequency of data in successive numerical intervals of equal size.

Skewed

Describes a distribution that is not symmetrical, with data points that are more frequent on one side than the other.

Acres

A unit of area used primarily in the United States, equal to 4,840 square yards or about 4,047 square meters.

Stem-and-Leaf Display

A graphical method of displaying quantitative data to observe its distribution, resembling a histogram turned on its side for clearer numeric value reading.