When studying history, it is important to understand bias and its possible impact on a historical narrative. Historians are a pr
oduct of their various opinions and backgrounds, and the student of history must keep this in mind when studying a secondary historical source. One historian, for example, might place emphasis on the social causes of a historical event while another historian might argue for economic causes. These two points of view would have the potential to greatly impact the historical narrative told by these historians. Which of the following is the main point of the passage used here? A. There can only be a few causes of any particular historical event. B. Social causes of events are usually overshadowed by economic causes. C. A historian's narrative will reflect his or her own opinions. D. Bias should be excluded from historical analysis as much as possible.
Cattle drives in the western United States largely ended in the late 1800s due primarily to a combination of barbed-wire fences and the new convenience of the railroad.
<span>(a) Organic Solidarity. Organic solidarity is social unity where labor results in people depending upon one another; contrasted to mechanical solidarity. This explains the things that bind an advanced, industrialized society. Preindustrial societies are different as they are societies which are not industrial.</span>
