What was the principal problem America's farmers encountered in the decades following the Civil War?
What will be an ideal response?
Rapid industrialization of the economy created a crisis in agriculture. The introduction of machinery, such as the reaper, produced higher crop yields, which drove down prices. Lower prices for farm commodities prompted farmers to produce more, which worsened the deflationary spiral facing agriculture. At first, through the Granges, farmers attempted to work through the political system by successfully lobbying for laws that regulated the prices that railroads could charge them to ship commodities. Good students will go further and describe the organization of the Greenback Party, which attempted to channel the frustration felt by farmers concerning the corruption of the two-party system. The Greenback Party organized itself around the politics of inflation, and although it ultimately failed, it did bring attention to the money question and farmers' problems, which laid the groundwork for the future independent political mobilization of farmers.
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The common enemy that both Germany and Italy had to defeat in the course of unification was
A) Austria. B) France. C) Russia. D) England. E) Denmark.
The famous Mesoamerican ball games
a. have been found to have had no religious significance. b. resulted in sacrificing the losing team to the gods. c. are no longer played today. d. were played in octagonal stadiums. e. were played mostly by women.
How did President Woodrow Wilson win over many in the American public who had been reluctant to go to war?
What will be an ideal response?
Why did Kate Chopin's 1899 novel The Awakening prompt outrage among critics?
A) They rejected her conceptualization of war. B) They claimed that the plot involved too much bloodshed. C) They objected to the sympathetic portrayal of the heroine. D) They were scandalized by the novel's sexual content.