Question 1
How did New England farm families respond to competition from the West?
a. They gave up attempting to improve their livestock and turned to raising poultry.
b. They opened more land to the production of wheat and corn.
c. They began to raise livestock and to specialize in vegetable and fruit production.
d. They returned to subsistence farming.
Question 2
Count Camillo di Cavour sought to improve Piedmont's image in foreign affairs by strengthening the economy in which of the following ways?
a. reorganizing the currency, taxes, and the national debt
b. building railways and steamships
c. fostering improved agricultural methods
d. encouraging new businesses
e. all of the above