Which of the following is true about the Homestead Act?
A) ?Women were not allowed to receive land.
B) ?It provided fifty acres of land.
C) ?It was only open to U.S. citizens.
D) ?It was open to heads of households who were twenty-one years old.
E) ?None of these are correct.
D
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The Indians suffered from their association with the French in New France in all of the following ways except
a. exclusion from the fur business. b. decimation of their numbers by the white man's diseases. c. violation of their religious beliefs about slaughtering animals. d. debauchery by the white man's alcohol. e. weakening of their traditional way of life.
Mexico gave up more than 600 million acres to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In the South, social prestige and influence were determined by
A) birth order and family heritage. B) ties to prominent, English families. C) class and caste. D) the region of the South where one lived. E) the amount of land one owned.
In an effort to expand markets and avoid foreign tariffs, U.S. companies __________
A) made negotiating concessions with organized labor B) increasingly became multinational corporations C) resorted to trade embargoes with European nations D) supported the Sheppard-Towner Act