All of the following statements regarding American leisure activities prior to 1860 are true EXCEPT that
A) men gravitated to taverns for drinking, talking, and game-playing.
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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