What enticed farmers to plow under millions of acres of grasslands to plant wheat in the early twentieth century?
A) high grain prices during World War I
B) government subsidy programs
C) the collapse of the ranching industry
D) inducements provided by railroad companies
Answer: A
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a. possession of weapons of mass destruction b. record of human rights abuses c. refusal to release American hostages d. connection to the Palestinian Liberation Organization
The French plantation economies were considered "more diverse" because they also produced
a. coffee and cacao b. bananas and plantains c. molasses and rum. d. wine and cheese. e. jute and twine.
One of the requirements of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca, which commemorates Muhammad's original flight from Mecca to Medina, known as the __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The historian Tacitus related an incident in which Nero used a city fire ________
A. as inspiration for a poem B. as an excuse to kill Christians C. to promote his new fire department D. as light to read by