Econ history paper

Economic History EC334 First Midterm Examination

Due October23or24,2013

h ulis seGtion oft11e course,、 ve have covered t11e foⅡ o、ving topics∶

1) oveⅣ iev匹 caLIses ofgro△ vtll

纷 Colo“ sts alld natives 3) The ECOnom忆 s ofRevolL【 ton and山 e deb缸 e over govemme11t Instimtions for new cou11try

4) How dⅡ business work?Traditonal Enterprise and overview ofeconomy 5) Tlle Pecuniary Institutions∶ MIoney,Ballking and tlle Fina11cial system

Θ hdustrial revoluton TJ The Trallspoltaton ReVoltlton∶ RaⅡroads and山 e rise ofMallagemellt

S, Slcavery a11d tlle C~Ⅱ War

For a、veek by lveek breakdo、 、△1ofthe rcadings and presentations,see WebCT and d1e reading guides,notetkers,and po、veηpoh1ts。 'Γhese topics have been covered using lectures,po、 veqpoiIlt presentations,readings,discussions and student

presentations. The purpose。 fd1is exaln is to denlonstrate d1at you have been engaged in刂 1ec1ass up to dⅡ s point and to

give you an oppoit1nity to integrate sOIue ofthe nlaterial d1rough your wr沈 ulg. For ft1Ⅱ and complete alls、 vers,you must

use refercnces to tlle lectL1res,F删

"呜

sANDs如 de11t present犹 0ns Os app⒃ pⅡateJ.

Answer2ofthe foIlowing questoⅡ s,one f1· om pa1· tA,and one fn·om pa1· tB。 Your allsWers wi1l be graded on th⒍ r

persⅡcuity αuodty and daHty in presetltaton m旧 developmeIlt ofideⅡ )a11d山or use of materhlflom dass lecmres and

readhgs。 Your ans、 ver should den1onstrate that you k11o、 v the t0pic and understand ule class analysis ofd1e topio。 1汛ⅡⅡle

some of曲ese questions∞uld form tlle basis ofm entire tenll p顶 ect,your answer sllould sucGinctly descHbe曲 e essential

elements and use suppo1ting Ⅱlustrations,rather tha11atenlpting to provide an exhaustive list ofuIrelated facts。 shce the

questions do NOT have a right ans、 ver,you must develop a cogent argument to suppon your position using citations as

necessary. Please cite quotations or ideas as neGessaγ using caIly staldard reference form and include a page ofreferences

at dle end ofyour paper。 AnsWers、 vⅡl probabIy avefage about4or5pages long each for pa1t A and MUsT be

typed double-spaced,although note that the question in pad one is、 vorth less than the question in pa⒒ B。 NB∶

Average does not rnean an‘ ‘ A” paper.

Part A(40pts):

l。 Describe d1e rnotives alld effects ofearly colonization】 lo1nd1e vie、 vpoint ofd1e colonizing nations,ule c。 l。nists,

and the Native Americans。

2. some argue that d1e revolution a11dd1e subsequent organizaJon ofgovernn1eotin u1e LhⅡ ted states、Ⅳero largely

innuenced by econoΠ1ic motives,vx,hile others argue Vociferously已 gainst such ideas。 Describe tllis debate.

3.The developmeIlt ofthe fIlla11o引 system(money,balks,Ⅱ na11cial markets was somewhat slow,errat忆 ,and had

黯 F镦刁昊℃艮∶黯茁J掣s晗 摁 抵 :%扣 渺 ∞血 γ·D∝“be山e响 σ eve吨s“ 山e flllalloH cenmγ oa1863).CNB∶ there、 ob"ously some overlapl

4 The“dustrial revolLIton e11taⅡ ed changes“ pmductive technology tlltat had profo山 nd effects on labor(hdu山ng how peopIe worked and who wOrked)and so。 al stmctLIms as compared with tlle old‘

‘ traditional economy’ ∴As

exemplifIed in readings from Hamilton,Jerers。 n,sIcater,caIld Lowell,these were compIex and∞ Iltroversia1.

Discuss some oftlle m刽 or chaIlges and tlle cOIltroversy。

Part B(60pts):

1, Authors including Chand丨 er`Drucker`and Cronon discussed hoW business practices、 ″ere reshaped in the ear丨 v to

宀id1gth century especia丨 丨y wkh the Hse ofthe rai丨 roads.Using a丨 丨the mateHals from the peHod,wHte a

sum1η ary about how raⅡ roads reshaped business practices inc丨 uding aspects of production`distribution`finance`

accounting`and rnanagement requiring a Visib丨 e Hand. lnclude a discussion of Chandler′ s assertion about the

reasons for change。