Which statements about life in america during the late 1800s are true? choose all answers that are correct. a. leisure-time activities were reserved for the extremely rich. b. progressives sought to reduce taxes on america's large corporations. c. railroad owners controlled much of the country's wealth. d. social reformers drew attention to the nation's desperately poor.

How did most southern politicians of the 1860s feel about the issue of slavery? a) they supported slavery in current states, but were against its expansion into new states. b) they wanted to preserve slavery and supported its spread into new states. c) they wanted to prohibit the spread of slavery into new states and territories. d) they supported the emancipation of enslaved people in all states and new territories.