That would be productivity.
It was the year 1798 that Thomas Malthus predicted that the humanity would be met with mass starvation. His prediction was based on an assumption that human population would far exceed the means of producing food and that we just would not be able to produce enough food for everyone. But the technological advancement and the advanced farming techniques allowed us to increase productivity and thus avert this prediction.
Is this about The Crucible?
Answer:
I think A . Had waged war with and been enslaved by other Europeansettlers.
Explanation:
It would be "B. corrosive: having the power to eat away or erode" that is not derived from the Latin word coronatus, since coronatus has to do with being "crowned" or "encircled," which does not have to do with corrosion.
The populist party tried to set rates that were fair for farmers to ship their goods to market. Railroad barons were setting their own price.