Because the Russians practiced scorch and burn policy by destroying all of their crops and livestock so that the French army had nothing to eat. This made the French troops extremely weak and ill which gave the Russians the upper hand.

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What were provisions of the social security act?

ollegr [7]

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An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and the administration of their unemployment ...

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In Ming China, why did European traders pay for Chinese silks and porcelains in gold or silver instead of exchanging trade goods

Shkiper50 [21]

Well, they prefered gold and silver because the Chinese did not want inferior european trade goods, so European traders had nothing else to offer.

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What was the new labor system established in the south during reconstruction?

ivanzaharov [21]

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The new labour system established in the south during reconstruction was sharecropping.

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The new system introduced in the south was sharecropping. Under this system the black families would work on a small piece of land, they would live and grow crops on it.

As rent the families would give a portion of their crops to the landowners. It helped them lived safely and had a secure source of income. Sharecropping was mostly done in the south.

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