Which of these best describes why a large percentage of farmers in the late 1800s had high amounts of debt? a. many farmers had been land speculators and lost money when the value of land decreased. b. many farmers had borrowed large amounts of money to pay for land and farm equipment. c. many farmers could not manage money and did not work enough to make a profit. d. many farmers lost large sums of money in the stock market during the panic of 1873.

When lincoln was first elected president, he hoped to prevent war by allowing (1) in the united states. as time went on, he saw the (2) of the war as putting an end to slavery. once the civil war was over, president lincoln did not intend to (3) the south. he felt everyone had suffered enough. he wanted to the south, and the whole country, rebuild. the process of rebuilding the country following the civil war was called (4) the official surrender by general lee to general grant occurred at (5) and the terms were generous to the south. the terms of surrender said that the southern soldiers could go (6) and would not be prosecuted for (7) it also said that they must surrender their (8) but could keep their (9) officers were allowed to keep their (10) in order to make the achievements of the war permanent, three (11) were added to the u.s. constitution.