During the Last Quarter of the Nineteenth Century,Southern Agriculture

question 16

Multiple Choice

During the last quarter of the nineteenth century,Southern agriculture

• A)saw a significant diversification of its crops.
• B)saw a decline in absentee ownership of farmland.
• C)regained the profitability it had prior to the Civil War.
• D)saw a deceleration of the processes begun in the postwar years.
• E)saw the great majority of farmers living under the tenant system.

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