From colonial times into the early 20th century a majority of americans lived in the countryside and worked on farms. A dramatic expansion in farming took place from 1860 yo 1910. The number of farms tripled from two million in 1860 to 6 million in 1905. The number of people living on farms grew from about 10 million in 1860 to 22 million in 1880 to 31 million in 1905.
This means that the <em>cities at the end of the 19th century</em> were large because of the rural life. Although the eastern image of farm life on the prairies emphasizes the isolation of the lonely farmer and farm life, in reality rural folk created a rich social life for themselves.
I think it’s C I’m not sure
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floods could cause the rivers to take down the towns around it
Communism made China closed to most of the world. At first they were in good relations with the Soviets but they had a split at one point and China started living more or less in isolation, often cooperating with only Communist countries from the South East Asian region. As time went by, they opened up towards the west during the 70s and 80s.
