1. what was the name of the law in which the govemment gave a 160-acre farm to anyone willing to workon and improve the land?

a. western expansion act
b. settler act
c. land act
d. homestead act

2. what was one reason that immigrants came to america in the late 1800s?

a. european countries were paying people to go to america.
b. many were attracted by the opportunities to fight in the civil war.
c. many came because the ugovernment guaranteed a minimum wage.
d. many came to join family already in the united states

3. in terms of political power, african americans in the south during reconstruction

a. made great gains by winning political office throughout the south
b. made great gains by winning political office throughout the north.
c. weren't allowed to vote and didn't do well politically.
d. decided not to participate in govemment because they felt it wouldn't make a difference.

4. why did the southern cotton industry have a hard time recovering athe civil war?

a. clothes were no longer made out of cotton.
b. foreign competition drove the price of cotton down.
c. temperature changed so much that cotton couldn't be grown in the south.
d, cotton became too expensive to process.

1.D. To encourage western settlement, the Homestead Act was signed into law by president Lincoln in 1862. This allowed any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. Homesteaders were required to live on and work the land for five years before receiving legal . 2.B., best answer. A is somewhat true; many Irish immigrated due to the potato famine in the mid 1800s, and sometimes the fares were paid by the British government. B is true. The phrase "the fighting Irish" apparently originated with the US Civil war. Hundreds of thousands of German and Irish men volunteered to fight. C is obviously incorrect, because federal minimum wage wasn't instituted until 1938. D was often true, as it has been for centuries. But to choose ONE reason? I'd say B. 3. Only C is false. A & B are true. Although "great gains" would be a matter of opinion, there were many black officeholders during the reconstruction, in the north and the south. C is incorrect. During the reconstruction era, US Congress did pass laws granting the black vote. D is also true. Many blacks kept out of politics because they felt it wouldn't make a difference. 4. B & D, if this is a "choose all that apply." There was competition from foreign cotton producers such as India and Egypt. But if I had to pick one, I'd say D, because without the free labor of slaves, cotton became much more expensive to produce.