All of the following statements regarding women in the West are true except
a. unmarried women could not own land under the Homestead Act.
b. in 1860, more than 85 percent of Chinese women in San Francisco were prostitutes.
c. women were less than 10 percent of the population in the California gold rush.
d. western states were the first the grant suffrage to women.
e. gender arrangements differed in the west compared to other regions.
a
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What will be an ideal response?
The Portuguese occupied Madeira in 1454 and established plantations to grow
a. rubber. b. tea. c. sugar. d. tobacco. e. wheat.
The town of Pullman, south of Chicago was notable because it was
a. one of the poorest communities in the country. b. a commune in which all shared the wealth equally. c. destroyed by a tornado in 1899 d. built and controlled by the Pullman Company.
Which of the following was a core value of the American Victorians?
A) the absolute equality of men and women B) disdain for manual labor C) the importance of social classes D) belief in the significance of the individual