The debate is relevant today because there are more or less similar things happening nowadays. The conservatives nowadays are also starting to respond to the political and cultural liberalism that has been the norm for a while. Both now and then, the country was and is divided a lot, which results in power struggles by these two factions.
The Homestead Act was enacted to help reduce poverty and reward persons who did fight on the side of the Confederacy during the Civil War while furthering western expansion.
It was open to any citizen or person wanting to become a citizen that did not fight against the government in the war.
For this act, gender did not matter as long as the person was head of a household or at least 21 years old.
They had to reside on the property for 5 years while improving it, such as clearing it, farming it and putting a proper home on it. They would receive the title at that time once they paid a registration fee. Another way for them to receive the title faster was if they lived on it for 6 months, with minor improvements and paid $1.25 per acre.
There was a lot more to it than that though. The individual had to sign agreements saying they never fought against the United States government, they couldn't owe debt, they had to be able to afford to clear, farm and build on the land for those five years. They then had to find people to sign acknowledgements that those improvements were actually done and the land wasn't abandoned.
The United States would have definitely risked losing World War 1 if it had not passed the Espionage and Sedition Acts to suppress the emotions and dissent of the people because the enemy nations were on the rise and passing this Act meant the abolition of traitors and enemies within the nation supporting Alien enemies (enemies related within the German and other similarities)
<u>Explanation</u>:
- By World War 1 it was difficult to separate the issues of radicalism, labor, Socialism. The Federal government viewed these as menaces.
- The Sedition provided penalties for people who published, wrote or published anything false and scandalous against the Government of the United States.
- The Naturalization Act required people to be resident for 14 years before acquiring citizenship.
- America won the War by knowing how to deal with foreigners and the immigrants that came to its jurisdiction.
- The United States declared war on Germany on April 6th 1917, most of the Americans during that time were second-generation immigrants born of German descent and eventually these people fell under suspicion of being disloyal.
- Hence due to circumstances like this, The Espionage and Sedition Acts was passed.
Well, Frederick Douglass was the only one who was actually enslaved, so the answer here should be obvious. He wrote about his experiences and brought the conditions of enslavement to the public's attention.
Answer: Frederick Douglass
1.A 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.C, those are your answers! I hope this helps!