JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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(14.13) What is the purpose of barbed wire?
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to show land ownership and to confine animals
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to beautify the landscape of the nation
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to confine 8th graders who didn’t do their history homework
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Barbed wire was cheaper, easier, and quicker to use than any of these other alternatives. Without fencing, livestock grazed freely, competing for fodder and water. Where working farms existed, most property was unfenced and open to foraging cattle and sheep.
Detailed explanation-2: -Barbed Wire Characteristic High tensile: 90g (class 1), 180g (class 2), 240g (class 3). Tensile strength: 1000 – 1100 n/mm2. Wire diameter: 1.291 mm. Carbon content of steel used: C= 0.4%.
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