All of the Following Statements Provide Evidence in Support of the Beard-Hacker

question 18

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements provide evidence in support of the Beard-Hacker Thesis except

• A) The Civil War caused a transfer of political power from Southern agrarians to Northern industrial capitalists.
• B) Following secession, Congress passed legislation to increase tariffs and grant land to railroads.
• C) The Civil War created a demand stimulus for manufactured goods to support the war effort.
• D) The growth rate in commodity output between 1860 and 1870 was 2.0 percent for the economy as a whole and 2.3 percent for the manufacturing sector.

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Definitions:

Polyuria

The production of abnormally large volumes of dilute urine, which can be a symptom of various conditions, including diabetes insipidus and diabetes mellitus.

Uremia

A condition resulting from the advanced failure of the kidneys to eliminate waste products from the blood.

Specific Gravity

The ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a reference substance, usually water for liquids and solids, and air for gases.

Urochrome

A pigment that gives urine its yellow color, a byproduct of the breakdown of hemoglobin.