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Mr. Wonderful

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From the early 1860s to the early 1900s, the amount of land acquired by sales (including from railroads and states) was _____ land obtained free through homesteading.
 a. roughly half as much as
  b. about the same as
  c. twice as much as
  d. triple the amount of

Question 2

In the early 1900s, the Homestead Act
 a. was modified to allow settlers to obtain larger, more practical-sized farms.
  b. was repealed by Congress.
  c. was amended to reduce the size of a homestead from 160 acres to 80 acres.
  d. was amended to increase the residency requirement to 10 years.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 30, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c. twice as much as

Answer to Question 2

a. was modified to allow settlers to obtain larger, more practical-sized farms.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 30, 2018
Excellent

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