While Alec's Grandfather Still Prefers Using a Land Line, He

question 118

Multiple Choice

While Alec's grandfather still prefers using a land line, he just bought his first cell phone. Alec's grandfather is most likely oriented toward the past and is a member of the ____ group.

• A) non-adopters
• B) laggards
• C) innovators
• D) late adopters
• E) late majority

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Definitions:

White Yeoman Farmers

Independent and often self-sufficient farmers in the Southern United States who owned their own land and did not have enslaved people working for them.

Sharecroppers

Farmers who rent land for cultivation and pay a portion of their crops as rent, prevalent in the southern United States after the Civil War; typically involved exploitative agreements.

Plantation Owners

Individuals who owned large estates primarily in the Southern United States, where cash crops like cotton and tobacco were farmed by enslaved people.