A crucial event in the history of El Salvador was
A) the election of 1930.
B) the peasant uprising of 1932.
C) the Soccer war between El Salvador and Honduras.
D) the formation of the Central American Common Market.
Question 2
Which of these does not describe the impact of the expansion of Salvadoran coffee plantations?
A) The coffee boom created greater demand for labor and higher wages for peasants.
B) There was less demand for a permanent work force and greater reliance on migrant labor.
C) As the value of land rose, so did the rate at which landlords evicted peasants from milpas.
D) Wages and living standards, always precarious, were now determined by global markets.
