Which of the Following Was NOT a Way That the Market

question 46

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a way that the market revolution changed western farming?

• A) As the West became more settled, western farmers found that they could cater to the market and grow crops they could sell.
• B) John Deere's steel plow made it easier to till larger quantities of soil.
• C) Cyrus McCormick's reaper made it quicker and easier for them to harvest wheat.
• D) Eastern banks and insurance companies financed the acquisitions of supplies needed to expand farmland.
• E) Farmers in the Old Northwest used slave labor to expand their production.

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Definitions:

Conducting Cells

Cells in plants that form the tubes for transporting water, minerals, and nutrients, namely xylem and phloem cells.

Sieve Tubes

A series of tube-like structures found in plants that are part of the phloem and responsible for transporting sugars and other organic nutrients.

Simple Diffusion

A process where molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration until equilibrium is reached, without the need for energy input.

Pressure-Flow Model

A hypothesis describing how sugars are transported in plants, particularly how sucrose is moved from photosynthetic tissues to various parts of the plant through the phloem.