All of the following statements regarding American leisure activities prior to 1860 are true EXCEPT that
A) popular tastes in public spectacle tended toward the bizarre and fantastic.
B) reading was a principal leisure activity among affluent Americans.
C) minstrel shows were increasingly popular.
D) unpaid vacations were becoming common among the middle class.
E) men gravitated to taverns for drinking, talking, and game-playing.
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