25. According to the passage, Pessen indicates that all of the following were true of the very wealthy in the United States between 1825 and 1850 EXCEPT:
They formed a distinct upper class.
Many of them were able to increase their holdings.
Some of them worked as professionals or in business.
Most of them accumulated their own fortunes.
Many of them retained their wealth in spite of financial upheavals.
26. The authors attitude toward Pessens presentation of statistics can be best described as
disapproving
shocked
suspicious
amused
laudatory
27. Which of the following best states the authors main point?
Pessens study has overturned the previously established view of the social and economic structure of early nineteenth-century America.
Tocquevilles analysis of the United States in the Jacksonian era remains the definitive account of this period.
Pessens study is valuable primarily because it shows the continuity of the social system in the United States throughout the nineteenth century.
The social patterns and political power of the extremely wealthy in the United States between 1825 and 1850 are well documented.
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