<span>partiality toward a particular viewpoint</span>
After 1830 the urban areas of the country grew more rapidly than the rural areas. By 1890 industrialization had produced substantial growth in cities, and 35 percent of Americans lived in urban areas, mostly in the northern half of the United States.
the answer is Have, because your subject is plural and you verb is past tene
The right answer is A. because the possession would be Howard's fault and the contraction would be it's.
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