Text 4
The historian Frederick J. Turner wrote in the 1890’s that the agrarian discontent that had been developing steadily in the United States since about 1870 had been speeded by the closing of the internal frontier -- that is, the depletion of available new land needed for further expansion of the American farming system. Not only was Turner’s thesis influential at the time, it was later adopted and elaborated by other scholars, such as John D. Hicks in The populist Revolt (1931). Actually, however, new lands were taken up for farming in the United States throughout and beyond the nineteenth century. In the 1890’s, when agrarian discontent had become most acute, 1,100,000 new farms were settled, which was 500,000 more than had been settled during the previous decade. After 1890, under the terms of the Homestead Act and its successors, more new land was taken up for fanning than had been taken up for this purpose in the United states up until t
A. underestimation of the amount of new land that was being farmed in the US.
B. underutilization of relatively small but rich plots of land.
C. overexpansion of the world transportation network for agricultural products.
D. extension of agrarian depressions beyond national boundaries.
Text 4
The historian Frederick J. Turner wrote in the 1890’s that the agrarian discontent that had been developing steadily in the United States since about 1870 had been speeded by the closing of the internal frontier -- that is, the depletion of available new land needed for further expansion of the American farming system. Not only was Turner’s thesis influential at the time, it was later adopted and elaborated by other scholars, such as John D. Hicks in The populist Revolt (1931). Actually, however, new lands were taken up for farming in the United States throughout and beyond the nineteenth century. In the 1890’s, when agrarian discontent had become most acute, 1,100,000 new farms were settled, which was 500,000 more than had been settled during the previous decade. After 1890, under the terms of the Homestead Act and its successors, more new land was taken up for fanning than had been taken up for this purpose in the United states up until t
A. similar in size but in the opposite direction.
B. much smaller and in the same direction.
C. much smaller but in the opposite direction.
D. slightly greater and in the same direction.
Text 4 The historian Frederick J. Turner wrote in the 1890’s that the agrarian discontent that had been developing steadily in the United States since about 1870 had been speeded by the closing of the internal frontier -- that is, the depletion of available new land needed for further expansion of the American farming system. Not only was Turner’s thesis influential at the time, it was later adopted and elaborated by other scholars, such as John D. Hicks in The populist Revolt (1931). Actually, however, new lands were taken up for farming in the United States throughout and beyond the nineteenth century. In the 1890’s, when agrarian discontent had become most acute, 1,100,000 new farms were settled, which was 500,000 more than had been settled during the previous decade. After 1890, under the terms of the Homestead Act and its successors, more new land was taken up for fanning than had been taken up for this purpose in the United states up until that time
A. a proposal by Frederick J. Turner that was later disputed by John D. Hicks.
B. an elaboration by John D. Hicks of thesis that formerly had been questioned by Turner.
C. the thesis that important changes occurred in the nature of international trade during the second half of the 19th century.
D. the view that the American frontier did not become closed during the 19th century or soon thereafter.
Now, go through TEXT I quickly and answer questions 85 and 86.
WEATHER REPORT
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Foreign cities
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Min
Beijing 24-17 clear
Bangkok 33-28 drizzle to cloudy
Changchun 22-06 clear
Chengdu 25-20 overcast
Chongqing 34-24 cloudy
Cairo 30-21 clear
Dalian 23-17 cloudy
Fuzhou 31-23 light rain
Frankfurt 14-10 cloudy to light rain
Guangzhou 35-24 clear
Hong Kong 32-26 clear to cloudy
London 14-11 drizzle to cloudy
Kunming 26-17 clear to cloudy
Lhasa 21-11 cloudy
Nanjing 27-20 overcast
Moscow 21-13 clear to cloudy
Shanghai 28-22 cloudy
Taipei 29-23 light rain
Tianjin 27-17 cloudy to clear
New York 23-15 clear to cloudy
Wuhan 30-22 clear
Urumqi 22-10 clear to cloudy
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