What factors contributed to the population growth in the Great Plains from 1860 to 1910?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Immigrants drawn to rich farmlands; the Homestead Act (160 acres / 1862); railroads gave settlers land in return for developing the land next to railroad right-of-ways; states and territories hungry for population set up land grants and programs to encourage settlers.
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a. blacks b. Mexican Americans c. Asian Americans d. Indians e. sharecroppers
The number of Soviet citizens who lost their lives in World War II is estimated at
a. two million. b. five million. c. ten million. d. twenty million. e. fifty million.
The transformation of the Olympics into a ______ event affects the authenticity of the athletes who literally embody the positive aspects of “Olympism”--the ideals that underpin the event and movement or, in more commercial terms, the meaning of the Olympic brand.
A. culturally iconic B. social spectacle C. global politics D. media entertainment
German actions following the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand were heavily motivated by __________.
A. fear of Russia's potential strength B. popular sympathy for Austria C. ambitions to annex the Balkan states D. an interest in broadening a potential conflict into a wider European war