How did the creation of a market economy affect many farmers in the early nineteenth century?
A) They began to grow a diverse array of crops to feed their families.
B) They began to focus on crops that they could sell for cash.
C) They began to grow crops exclusively for export.
D) They began to raise livestock, such as cattle and sheep.
E) They began to grow fruits and vegetables from different parts of the world.
B
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A) routed the Spanish fleet in Havana harbor and blockaded Cuba. B) devastated the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay. C) raided Havana and kidnapped Spanish General Valeriano Weyler. D) was humiliated in a surprise attack by the Spanish navy.
One of the major problems faced by Union armies during the campaigns of 1862 was
a. poor training and inexperience of the troops. b. inadequate supplies and war materials. c. resistance to the draft. d. Lincoln's hesitancy in pressing the war effort. e. McClellan's reluctance to fight.
The Freedom Summer was an effort to:
a. end the Vietnam War. b. register black voters in the South. c. end segregated bus facilities. d. force white businesses to hire more black workers.
Which of the following was not a significant development in American race relations during the first two decades of the twentieth century?
a. a growing impatience among black leaders with the accommodationist approach of Booker T. Washington b. the ascent of racial equality to the top of the Progressive agenda c. a mass migration of southern blacks to the industrial centers of the North d. a series of anti-black riots around the country during and following World War I