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The Homestead Act ended in 1945 following World War II was especially popular in southern states before 1865 as it offered new lands for slave-owners required the homesteader to be at least 18 years old, Christian, and agree to live on the land for three years All (A, B, C)  None (not A, B, or C)

The Homestead Act ended in 1945 following World War II was especially popular in southern states before 1865 as it offered new lands for slave-owners required the homesteader to be at least 18 years old, Christian, and agree to live on the land for three years All (A, B, C)  None (not A, B, or C)

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Question 51 

The Homestead Act

  1. ended in 1945 following World War II
  2. was especially popular in southern states before 1865 as it offered new lands for slave-owners
  3. required the homesteader to be at least 18 years old, Christian, and agree to live on the land for three years
  4. All (A, B, C) 
  5. None (not A, B, or C)

Question 52 

A measure of the importance of the Homestead Act is that 10 percent of the United States would be covered by it.

True

False

Question 53 

The Pacific Railway Act was preceded by the Pony Express which failed as a business because

  1. it was financially expensive and impractical
  2. the riders were poorly paid, most earning less than $5 a week
  3. both A and B
  4. neither A nor B

Question 54 

All of the following statements regarding the Pacific Railway Act and the transcontinental rail line are true except

  1. the western section of the rail line out of California was overseen by four men with no previous experience with railroads
  2. the workforce for the western section of the rail line out of California were predominately Chinese
  3. the completion of the rail line reduced the cost of a person to cross the country by nearly 50 percent
  4. approximately 7,000 cities and towns were created as a result of the rail line
  5. the completion of the rail line led to the country's first nationally-based mail order catalog business

Question 55 

The 14th amendment ended slavery and the 15th amendment gave citizenship rights to former slaves.

True

False

Question 56 

During Reconstruction, one area of significant achievement for former slaves was in both primary and college-level education.

True

False

Question 57 

All of the following statements regarding the First Reconstruction Act of 1867 are true except

  1. former Confederate states had to guarantee black men the right to vote
  2. the former confederacy was placed under military control and martial law
  3. President Andrew Johnson attempted to veto the Act
  4. as part of being readmitted to the U.S., a former Confederate state had to ratify the 14th Amendment
  5. the last former Confederate state to be readmitted to the U.S. was Alabama in 1877

Question 58 

Federal Reconstruction failed to establish a framework for social equality in the former Confederate states.

True

False

Question 59 

Under the 13th Amendment, after 1867, peonage labor was an illegal but common form of work. 

True

False

Question 60 

Under peonage labor

  1. states would lease prisoners to commercial enterprises
  2. workers would become trapped in a cycle of debt owed to planters, merchants and/or company stores
  3. both A and B
  4. neither A nor B
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