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