Territory, the American's actually just purchased Alaska to help Russia out after the Crimean War, however, it gave them new territory in the Pacific region. At the time of the purchase, the public wasn't in support of it. However, later on, the purchase proved to be quite beneficial as Alaska proved to have oil reserves that the US can tap into.
The Supreme Court case of Gibbons vs. Ogden was about interstate commerce, which is trade between states. (SCOTUS ruled that the federal government had the power to regulate interstate commerce, but that doesn't really matter).
Basically, "interstate" means "trade between states, while "intrastate" means trade within the boundaries of a state.
"That the people inhabiting said territory do agree and declare, that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within said territory, and that the same shall be and remain at the sole and entire disposition of the United states of America" are the words of the Nevada constitution on public lands.
<u>Explanation:</u>
On the 1st Wednesday of September 1864, the constitution was approved by the vote of the people of the Territory of Nevada, and on October 31, 1864, President Lincoln proclaimed that the State of Nevada was admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states.
The Nevada constitution was patterned closely after the state constitution of California. The members of Nevada's second constitutional convention of 1864 proved to be a remarkably able group.
Your answer would be A). The terrible conditions in poor houses kept many poor people away
The poor law amendment act was passed by by the Whig government of Earl Grey in 1834. The purpose of this amendment was so that the poor people living in England that have the capability of working would stop asking benefits without working from them. They worked in very harsh conditions and lived in terrible shelter. The amendment made the cost lower for helping out the poor people, making the shelters for them were cheap. Because of all the strict rules in the work houses and the terrible living conditions, the poor people decided to go somewhere else and find a place where they could be treated fairly. And without the poor people, they can't improve on the poor people's experience, and they didn't want to upgrade any work houses for them.
Answer: The technological changes included the following: (1) the use of new basic materials, chiefly iron and steel, (2) the use of new energy sources, including both fuels and motive power, such as coal, the steam engine, electricity, petroleum, and the internal-combustion engine, (3) the invention of new machines, such as... Hope this helps... :D
