Which were disadvantages of farming on the great plains in the late 1800s?

a.
there were frequent crop failures due to lack of rain.

b.
slow population growth after the civil war reduced demand for farm products.

c.
the land was too expensive for most homesteaders to afford.

d.
wheat and corn could not be grown on the great plains.

Which statement in the passage best reflects sumer's opinion of the dred scott decision? a."i speak what cannot be denied." b."[the] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history." b."the opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything history." i speak what cannot be denied when i declare that the opinion of the chief justice in the case of dred scott was more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of courts. judicial baseness reached its lowest point on that occasion. you have not forgotten that terrible decision where a most unrighteous judgment was sustained by a falsification of history. -charles sumner, 1865