Question

questions 1 - 3 refer to the following passage:
\any person... who has never borne arms against the u.s. government,... shall,... be entitled to enter one quarter section or a less quantity of unappropriated public lands... that the person having filed such affidavit shall have actually changed his or her residence, or abandoned that said land for more than six months at any time, then and in that event the land so entered shall revert to the government.
-homestead act, 1862

1. the homestead act assumed that public land should be administered in such a way as to

a. raise government revenue.
b. conserve natural resources.
c. promote frontier settlement.
d. favor large scale \bonanza\ farms.

1. although overproduction caused many of the difficulties facing farmers in the late 1800s, they blamed their economic problems on all of the following groups except

a. railroads that charged excessively high freight rates on farm products.
b. bankers who insisted on high interest rates on farm loans.
c. manufacturers who set artificially high prices for the items that they sold to farmers.
d. government agencies that kept prices on land extremely high.

1. the main purpose of the morrill land grant act of 1862 was to

a. provide cheap land to native americans.
b. provide federal land to western states to sell off to fund state colleges.
c. fund the building of the transcontinental railroad.
d. regulate mining claims in the far west.

questions 4 & 5 refer to the following passage:
\be it enacted by the council and house of representatives of the territory of wyoming: that every women of the age of twenty - one years, residing in this territory, may, at every election to be holden under the laws thereof, cast her vote. and her rights to the elective franchise and to hold office shall be the same under the election laws of the territory.\
-house of representatives, wyoming territory, 1869

1. which of the following is the primary reason why wyoming voted to allow women to vote before any other state or territory in 1869?

a. with 6,000 adult males and 1,000 females, men hoped women would be more likely to come if they had the right to vote.
b. homestead act guaranteed it.
c. strong religious tradition established by protestant families.
d. influence of the dominant cattle culture on public policy.

1. wyoming became the first area of the united states to carry out what had been proposed in the

a. kentucky and virginia resolutions.
b. wilmot proviso.
c. declaration of sentiments.
d. emancipation proclamation.

Explanation:

Question 1

The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed people to claim unappropriated public lands, with the condition of changing residence or not abandoning the land. The goal was to get people to settle in the frontier. Option a is wrong as it's not about revenue; b is wrong as it's about settlement, not resource conservation; d is wrong as bonanza farms are large - scale, and the act was for individual settlers. So the correct answer is c.

In the late 1800s, farmers faced over - production issues. They blamed railroads (high freight rates), bankers (high interest on loans), and manufacturers (high prices for goods sold to them). The Homestead Act made land available at a low cost, so government agencies didn't keep land prices extremely high. Thus, the answer is d.

The Morrill Land - Grant Act of 1862 gave federal land to western states. These states could sell the land to fund state colleges. Option a is wrong as it wasn't for Native Americans; c is wrong as it's not related to the transcontinental railroad; d is wrong as it's not about regulating mining claims. So the answer is b.

Answer:

c. promote frontier settlement.

Question 2