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AP U.S. History 2.1 Period 9: 1980-Present. American farmers opposed to free trade agreements such as NAFTA would most likely agree with the beliefs of which of the following groups?
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[ mumbles ]
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American farmers opposed to free trade agreements
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such as NAFTA would most likely agree with the beliefs of which of the following groups?
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And here are your potential answers. [ dog barks ]
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All right. [ mumbles ]
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[ mumbling continues ] All right.
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Well, what do we know about NAFTA?
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The excerpt shows that the North American Free Trade Act
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led to increased trade among member nations and
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higher business investment in the United States.
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Sounds like good business...
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for people who are in business.
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So let's see which answer describes a group who,
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like American farmers, weren't particularly interested in
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buying what NAFTA was selling.
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Would American farmers opposed to free trade agreements like NAFTA
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have aligned with B - merchants in colonial New England?
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Hmm. Well, merchants in colonial New England depended on international commerce
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and foreign markets for their livelihood.
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For that matter, so did industrialists in the 1920s.
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So that takes out B and C.
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Would American farmers opposed to free trade agreements have sided with D -
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plantation owners in the 1850s?
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Well, actually, American farmers opposed to free trade worried
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that farmers in other countries could produce the same products
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at much lower costs.
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In the 1850s, the plantation owners
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were those farmers in other countries
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since their cost of labor was, well, nothing.
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So it isn't D, either.
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Which means that American farmers opposed to free trade agreements
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would have most gelled with A - the Populist Party of the 1890s.
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That's right. The Populist Party was all about representing
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farmers and their interests,
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fighting against corporate interests and policies that would benefit the elite.
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So the correct answer is A.
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American farmers worried that without tariffs or subsidies,
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they'd be priced out of the global market.
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No wonder they were feeling so croppy.
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