Hi, Domesticity and Money Pressures
Many families wanted extra income -- and required a wife's earnings — to afford the lifestyle they desired. Yet middle-class women felt the pressure of the culture telling them to stay home. Many also had little desire to work in the nine-to-five jobs open to them.
The cultures that were mummifying people may have gotten supplies and had trade routes with Shang China.
Yup! Now people use it for...... other things. I wish they could just stick to HW questions.
The statement that best summarizes why people were motivated to take advantage of the Homestead Act is: the act made it possible for people over twenty-one to start their own business.
People who are of the age of 21 and above and never participated any action against the US government were allowed to claim a federal land grant through an application process. Slaves and women were also allowed to do this.
