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The socio-economic classes of the Old South: The most numerous group of people in the Old South was the yeoman farm families. Yeomen are farmers who own their own land and do their own work, or if they have hands, they work along side their hands. Many of them were almost poor; some were wealthier than some planters.
It can honestly be any disaster because, for example a fire. everything will burn down due to the heat ''melting' most of your thing. a flood will make your house flood making everything wet. etc.
Based on the other answer, I'm guessing that it was A. Russians were likely to reject pure Marxism because Marx was a German. (I'll update it when I know for sure.)
I need to see the statements in order to answer your question.