The tremendously rapid growth of American cities in the post-Civil War decades was
a. uniquely American.
b. fueled by an agricultural system suffering from poor production levels.
c. attributable to the closing of the frontier.
d. a trend that affected Europe as well.
e. None of these choices are correct.
Question 2
Jefferson asserted landlessness threatened democracy as much as illiteracy because
a. poorer people would not have the means to travel the long distances to the polls to vote.
b. he feared that those without property could become political pawns of those who owned land.
c. he feared an uprising of the landless, leading to mobocracy.
d. only people with land had the means to obtain the education needed to be good citizens.
e. None of these choices are correct.
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