Which Statement Is Most Accurate About the U

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which statement is most accurate about the U.S. in 1860?

• A) The per capita income of free people in the Western South was about twice the national average.
• B) The per capita income of free people in the entire U.S. decreased.
• C) The per capita income of free people in the entire U.S. increased, but increased more slowly than it did before the Revolution.
• D) The Northwest was the poorest part of the nation, as measured by per capita income of free people.

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Carbon Cycle

The biogeochemical cycle through which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth.

Carbon Dioxide

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