All of the following statements regarding American leisure activities prior to 1860 are true EXCEPT
A) Shakespeare was the nation's most popular playwright.
B) reading was a principle leisure activity among affluent Americans.
C) minstrel shows were increasingly popular.
D) popular tastes in public spectacle tended toward the bizarre and fantastic.
E) unpaid vacations were becoming common among the middle class.
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Q31: Before 1860,American middle-class families
A) were typically renters.
B)
Q41: Much of the new pre-Civil War immigration
Q41: In the 1830s,Cyrus McCormick improved grain farming
Q43: In the 1840s,P.T.Barnum's American Museum in New
Q45: Immigration contributed little to the American population
Q48: Between 1840 and 1860,the South experienced a
Q49: Prior to 1860,the most significant invention for
Q52: Compared to 1800, in 1860 urban American
Q56: The great majority of pre-Civil War immigrants
Q56: After 1808, when the importation of slaves
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