To encourage settlement in the West by giving government-owned land to small farmers Congress passed three acts in 1862 to turn public lands into private property. allowed any head of household over the age of 21 to claim 160 acres of land. Each person had to build a home on the land, make improvements, and farm the land for five years before being granted full ownership of the land by the government. Nearly 2 million people applied for land claims under this.
Answer:
(1) increased demand for new consumer goods (2) high-wage contracts negotiated by labor unions
What caused the prosperity of the United States in the 1920s?
The prosperity of the United States in the mid- 1920s resulted in part from (1) increased demand for new consumer goods (2) high-wage contracts negotiated by labor unions (3) record-high farm prices
Roman civilization is associated with the Twelve Tables, an
extensive road system, and the poets Horace and Virgil. The twelve tables was
actually created in order to make a universal law for consistency. These tables
were actually created to protect a certain category of people like the plebeians
and patricians. These laws actually were made to protect the poor plebeians
from whom many rich people wanted to take away all the money. The road system
of the Roman Empire was also very extensively created for use of the Romans.
B. Europe's population growth is mostly due to immigration.
