The people who benefited most from the Homestead Act were the __________.
A. employees of the Government Land Office
B. land speculators
C. cattle barons
D. homesteaders
Answer: B
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Which of these provided some protection from marauders and invaders to Egypt and the fertile Nile valley?
a. fear of the god Seth. b. alliance with the Sea Peoples. c. nearly impenetrable fortifications. d. desert and sea.
In the poem “Cypress Boat,” from the Book of Songs, a woman laments __________.
a. A broken engagement. b. The death of a child . c. Societal expectations of her marriage. d. Her father's disapproval of her fiancé.
The "Sea Island Experiment" refers to:
a. northern reformers' efforts to assist former slaves with the transition to freedom. b. the Confederacy's trial use of slaves as soldiers along the South Carolina coast. c. a U.S. government plan to introduce advanced technology to southern farming in order to decrease the need for slaves. d. the unsuccessful effort of General Ulysses Grant to allow former slaves to run their own farms in Mississippi. e. the code name for the Confederate navy's submarine-building program.
Horace Mann believed public education should promote both democracy and social order.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)