Which of the Following Best Describes Crop and Land Use

question 42

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes crop and land use patterns in the United States by the 1830s?

• A) In New England, industry languished in the post-war depression, causing a revival of New England agriculture.
• B) Small farmers moved to the South and large planters moved to the Old Northwest.
• C) The Old Northwest boomed with land development and wheat production.
• D) In the Old Southwest, cotton growing skyrocketed while land prices plummeted.
• E) The 1830s saw a revival of the small family farm.

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