At the end of the 18th century, farm women applied new technologies to butter production, while many farmers built barns to shelter cows. Why?
A) There was less acreage available for growing hay.
B) European competition was forcing many small farms out of business.
C) Men and women wanted to be able to work in separate buildings.
D) There was a desire to increase dairy production to meet growing urban demand.
E) A new movement for the humane treatment of animals was sweeping the East Coast.
D
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A) stir public empathy for migrant farmers B) arouse popular anger about the unfair treatment of laborers C) encourage Congress to pass more effective legislation to support migrant laborers D) condemn Californians for discriminating against "Okies"
What does it mean to say that Americans spoke a "common language of consumption" by the late nineteenth century?
a. People found that the only way they could become truly American was to buy goods made in America. b. Americans found a commonality in a consumer culture, in which they all could buy the same kinds of goods. c. Americans no longer wanted to produce goods for other countries or themselves and wanted only to buy imports. d. Because of the new types of work in the United States, most Americans were becoming very wealthy and could afford consumer goods. e. Only native-born Americans bought the new consumer goods, which broadened the gap between immigrants and nonimmigrants in the United States.
How did the advent of agriculture change the settlement patterns and social organization of some Indian groups?
What will be an ideal response?
The Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP) was formed to promote the campaign of __________.
A. Lyndon Johnson B. Richard Nixon C. John F. Kennedy D. Dwight D. Eisenhower