In the Late Nineteenth Century,regarding Western Agriculture

question 6

Multiple Choice

In the late nineteenth century,regarding western agriculture,

• A) commercial farmers were not self-sufficient and made little effort to become so.
• B) farmers increasingly owned the land on which they worked.
• C) the reality of farming was very much like its popular image with the public.
• D) American farm families were relatively unaffected by the effects of world production.
• E) the prices paid for American farm goods rose after the 1880s.

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