According to Williamson and Lindert, during the antebellum period increasing wealth concentration occurred in the U.S.
a. within regions.
b. within age groups.
c. among the native born.
d. among the foreign born.
e. All of the above.
Question 2
Which of the following is true ofthe Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008?
a. It continued the subsidies tied to farm prices that comprised the major share of transfers to farmers.
b. The act provided support for the development of bio-fuelsintended to supplement gasoline for automobiles.c. It continued large subsidies to American farmers, which makes the US very different from most industrialized nations, which offer few agricultural subsidies and whose farmers operatein a competitive market.
d. It drastically reduced both direct subsidies and subsidies tied to farm prices.