Question

Explain how the liberty of blacks after 1877 gave way to legal segregation across the South.

How did economic development in Brazil during and after the American Civil War affect the lives of southern cotton farmers?

a. Brazilian demand for American cotton created new opportunities for southern cotton growers.

b. Poverty and crime in South America triggered a mass migration of cheap farm workers into the American South where they replaced former slaves.

c. The expansion of Brazilian cotton cultivation lowered global prices and led to indebtedness and loss of land for southern farmers.

d. The expansion of slavery in Brazil in the wake of American emancipation prompted southern farmers to give up cotton cultivation for good.

e. Cheap Egyptian cotton allowed southerners to become the consumers of imported textiles.

ANS: C TOP: The Populist Challenge

DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 640 | Seagull pp. 651652

MSC: Evaluating OBJ: 1. Understand the origins and significance of Populism.

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