Agricultural Productivity in the Midwest Increased in the Late 1830s

question 20

Multiple Choice

Agricultural productivity in the Midwest increased in the late 1830s partly because of

• A) the influence of steam power on farming.
• B) John Deere's steel plow.
• C) the invention of threshers.
• D) the numbers of freed slaves eager for wage-earning work.

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