Author Question: Which of the following correctly suggests the conditions of landownership among farm families? A) ... (Read 78 times)

Beheh · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Which of the following correctly suggests the conditions of landownership among farm families?

A) Land was usually cheaper than manure.
B) Those who wished to own land usually had to concentrate on full-time agricultural work.
C) Because of low interest rates and small down payments, families were able to pay off their mortgages within five years.
D) The great majority of landowners had enough land to farm but not enough to provide their children with land when they married.
E) Because of the rapid grown in population, land was becoming scarce and the price of land made it difficult for average people to own their own homes.

Question 2

How did planters in the French West Indies defy their government's mercantilist policies?

A) They transported their products in British ships rather than French ones.
B) They raised a variety of crops to achieve self-sufficiency but did not worry about producing a cash crop.
C) They adopted the wage-labor system rather than use slaves.
D) They refined their own sugar rather than sending it directly to France.
E) They sold the rice they produced directly to the British North American colonies.