Answer:
B. Five to eight weeks.
Explanation:
The voyage usually took six to eight weeks, but bad weather could increase this to 13 weeks or more.
Answer: Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five laws that were passed in September of 1850 to deal with the issue of slavery. In 1849, California requested permission to enter the Union as a free state, potentially altering the balance between the free and the slave states in the Senate. The document was introduced as an attempt to seek a compromise between North and South and avoid a crisis.
As part of this compromise, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D. C. was abolished.
Explanation:
The northwest ordinance basically set up a system of government for the Northwest territories (Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Wisconsin), and stated the requirements needed for land to become a state.
Answer:
Sooner: A person who attempted to enter and claim the Unassigned Lands before the Dawes Act
homesteader: A person who claimed a portion of land and then lived on it for five years to gain ownership
Boomer: A person who settled on land illegally just before a land run
Explanation:
These terms are derived from the 19th century US history and are related with the,
- The Homestead Acts
- Indian Appropriations Act of 1889
- Land Rush of 1889
This was the time when many of the unassigned lands in the west were settled by the Europeans. Specially after the purchase of Louisiana.
Bedouin means a member of an Arab people living in or near the desert.
