Which one of the following statements accurately describes tenant farmers and sharecroppers (“halfers”) prior to World War I?
A. Their numbers declined substantially, as more and more of them were able to purchase their own farms.
B. The mechanical cotton picking machine made most of them obsolete by World War I.
C. Their adoption of modern tractors and cotton picking machines improved farm productivity and helped them prosper.
D. They increased in numbers because of economic problems and eventually represented over 50 percent of all farm operators.
D
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A. Ireland B. Scotland C. Flanders D. Wales
Which of the following posed the greatest threat to the British colonies in North America in the early eighteenth century?
A. The Dutch B. The French C. The Iroquois Confederacy D. The Spanish
The ____________ traveler Ibn Battuta (1304-1369) claimed to see a combination of Islamic and pre-Islamic customs in the royal court of Sheikh Abu Bakr in Mogadishu.
a. Moroccan. b. Indian. c. Egyptian. d. Turkish.
Which one of the following statements accurately describes woman suffrage in Texas?
A. The legislature granted women full voting rights in 1907. B. The legislature refused to grant any voting rights to women and even rejected the federal suffrage amendment. C. Under local option, each county could decide on whether women could vote in elections. D. The legislature granted women the right to vote in primary elections a few years before the federal suffrage amendment was adopted.