During the Last Quarter of the Nineteenth Century,southern Agriculture

question 32

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 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 live under the tenant system.

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