What was one of the results of the rapid increase in cultivated acreage during the latter half of the nineteenth century?
a. higher tariffs on farm products
b. lower prices for farm products
c. a decrease in demand for farm machinery
d. an increase in land values
e. a decrease in land values
B
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a. protected Mexican American land claims in Texas. b. often acted as vigilantes for Anglos in retaliating against Mexican Americans. c. always enforced the law impartially. d. protected Mexican Americans' right to vote. e. protected the rights of blacks in Texas.
The fighting in the South during the years 1779-1781
a. was largely indecisive. b. involved slave troops on both sides. c. resembled a civil war between Loyalists and Patriots. d. followed the conventional rules of war.
The President's Emergency Committee for Employment (PECE)
a. encouraged businesses to create more jobs with federal money. b. created 100,000 jobs. c. created jobs only for white males. d. was a board of 32 members which fully examined the depression.
Which of the following describes the situation of farmers in the late nineteenth century?
a) Farmers’ purchasing power rose. b) Farmers felt their situation was improving. c) Farmers were producing less. d) Farmers received high prices for their crops.