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You kind of already got the answer but if you didnt realize it i will repeat it.
It caused High Gas Prices and Oil Shortages.
They needed leaders and they started to elect leaders to govern them but as time passed nobody did a good job governing and they decided to live lives as they pleased
I was hoping that some options would be given to choose the right answer. As there are no options given in the question, so this question has to be answered by research or knowledge. I hope the answer comes to your help. Oversight and public education are examples of non legislative functions of the Congress.
Homestead Act accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting adult heads of families 160 acres of surveyed public land for a minimal filing fee and 5 years of continuous residence on that land.