A farmer operating under the crop-lien system usually ________________.
A. reduced soil erosion
B. increased his production
C. sank ever deeper into debt
D. added land to his holdings
Answer: C
You might also like to view...
How did FDR react to business leaders' hostility to New Deal programs?
A) He met with them but ultimately rejected their arguments. B) He attempted to appeal to them based on his own privileged background. C) He tried to appease them by toning down his campaign promises in 1936. D) He proposed tax cuts for the rich. E) He aligned himself with labor.
Saikaku was a major Japanese novelist who wrote about
a. picturesque rural scenes. b. alienated samurai. c. five women ready to die for sexual ecstasy. d. the early development of kabuki. e. a history of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Why did the Whig Party nominate William Henry Harrison as its presidential candidate in 1840?
a. He had a distinguished military record. b. He was governor of a key midwestern state. c. He was the country's best known political stump speaker. d. He was a wealthy industrialist who appealed to the pro-business elements of the party.
What effect did Jackson's economic policies have on the business cycle?
A) They exaggerated the swings of the economic pendulum through the impact of their ill-considered policies on public thinking. B) They successfully stimulated the economy and ended the Panic of 1837. C) They were successful examples of the workings of the free marketplace and of the success of laissez-faire economics. D) The federal government was so weak that they had almost no effect.