What Was the Principal Problem America's Farmers Encountered in the Decades

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Essay

What was the principal problem America's farmers encountered in the decades following the Civil War?

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Definitions:

Recessive Genes

Genes that are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents, as opposed to dominant genes, which are expressed when inherited from just one parent.

Dominant Genes

Genes that overpower their recessive counterparts and determine the phenotype of an organism.

Heterozygous Pairs

In genetics, refers to a pair of genes where one is dominant and the other is recessive; they're different alleles for a specific trait.

Gonads

The reproductive organs in animals and humans that produce gametes; testes in males and ovaries in females.