All of the Following Are Accurate Descriptions of the Young

question 5

Multiple Choice

All of the following are accurate descriptions of the young American nation except  

• A) its population was still about 90 percent rural, despite the flourishing cities.
• B) the first official census of 1790 recorded almost 4 million people.
• C) all but 5 percent of the people lived east of the Appalachian Mountains.
• D) most of the population lived in the eastern seaboard cities.
• E) foreign visitors looked down at the roughness and crudity of the pioneering life.

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