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Between 1860 and 1920, the number of mouths fed per farmer
 a. decreased by about 10 percent.
  b. initially decreased, but then returned to its former level and remained there.
  c. increased by about 50 percent.
  d. nearly doubled.

Question 2

Cyrus McCormick is best known for
 a. manufacturing the mechanical reaper.
  b. developing hybrid strains of corn.
  c. introducing chemical fertilizers.
  d. the invention of the single-horse plow.



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Answer to Question 1

d. nearly doubled.

Answer to Question 2

a. manufacturing the mechanical reaper.




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