Tobacco was the most valuable cash crop produced in the 1700s until the invention of the cotton gin. Large quantities of it was produced rapidly.
The correct answer is A) Carter’s failure to get the hostages back ruined his re-election chance in 1980
Carter couldn't solve it and his attempts to do it failed. This, combined with various other problems caused him to lose the election to Reagan by a landslide. The hostages were released when Reagan became the president and could return to the United States. This is why he only stayed as president for a single term.
America went through a tough time during this age. The government was very corrupt and authority could easily be bribed. This is why court cases against these things could not easily be won, because of the corruption.
As part of the Omaha Platform, the People's Party demanded that there be a reduction in the working day fair, a safe, sound and flexible national currency, assistance to farmers with the financing of their labors, fair and liberal pensions to ex-Union soldiers and sailors, the direct election of the Senators, single terms for Vice-Presidents and Presidents, initiatives and referendums to be readily available, a secret ballot system, the nationalization of railroads, telegraph, postal systems and telephone systems a graduated income tax and the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
