Which of the following was true of American farmers in the late nineteenth century?
a. They complained bitterly about rising railroad rates.
b. Their earning power fell steadily.
c. They almost never mortgaged their land.
d. They were unable to form economic and political alliances.
a. They complained bitterly about rising railroad rates.
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a. creation of successful labor unions. b. new forms of power, particularly steam, replaced animal strength and human muscle. c. better ways of obtaining and using raw materials. d. a new way of organizing production and workers. e. technology moved from triumph to triumph with a momentum unprecedented in human history.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Prior to becoming president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis had
A. been vice president of the United States. B. been regarded as a moderate on secession. C. called for the imprisonment of abolitionists. D. begged South Carolina not to leave the Union. E. called for a gradual phase-out of slavery.
The first major challenge to the Vienna settlement came in 1820, when liberals led a revolution against Ferdinand VII of
A) Sardinia. B) Spain. C) Greece. D) Belgium. E) Holland.