the answer is C because they had to plant plants to earn money and some of them couldn't make much money to pay their bills because 100 dollars back then was $1000
The late 1800s were a time of growth for agriculture in the United States. After the end of the Civil War and the passage of the Homestead Act in 1862, which gave free land to any family that would promise to settle on it for at least five years, huge areas of the Midwest and western United States were turned into farms. But even though farming grew tremendously in this period, actual conditions for farmers were tough, often extremely so. The increasing urbanization and industrialization of the country meant that even though more people were entering rural life than ever before.
They became sedentary. they started to use agriculture to create a surplus of food and as the need for farmers decreased; different duties emerged and that led to the formation if civilizations.
