The cotton gin allowed the plantation system in the South to __________.
change away from a slave dominated economy
collapse under its own weight
turn from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy
expand greatly due to increased productivity
turn from an industrial economy to an agricultural economy
A Robber Baron of the nineteenth century might have done all of the following exploitive practices to achieve wealth EXCEPT:
Paid very low wages
Created monopolies in order to raise prices
Exerted excessive, self-interested government influence
Supported the workers' right to unionize
Obtained unyielding control over necessary resources of the nation