What Factor Most Contributed to the United States Having the Greatest

question 62

Multiple Choice

What factor most contributed to the United States having the greatest number of newspapers per capita in the world by 1789?

• A) a surplus of workers in the printing industry
• B) guaranteed freedom of the press under the Sedition Act
• C) a well-established tradition promoting learning and the arts since the seventeenth century
• D) a high literacy rate among the American people

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