The intention of the homestead act was to provide undeveloped land as a solution to economic challenges that many faced in the united states. which of the following was a flaw in the act? the homestead act did not allow women, african americans, or immigrants to acquire land. people could acquire land but could not afford the necessary tools, seed, and supplies to begin a farm. land available under the homestead act was not agriculturally fertile. railroad companies and other large corporations took advantage of the act by acquiring land under false pretenses to further their profits.

The Homestead Act did not allow women, African Americans, or immigrants to acquire land.

Explanation:

The Homestead Act was an act passed by the legislature of the United States and signed into law by president Abraham Lincoln in 1862, it provided with land to those who needed it, in exchange people would have to pay a small fee and live in the land they had acquired for 5 years before been given property of the land. The only flaw was that it didn´t allow women, slaves or immigrants to acquire land.

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the industrial development of cities in the ruhr area in the nineteenth century is described. the research was based on english and german language sources. several factors that shaped growth and paths of the cities were categorized and analyzed. they are locations, resources, traditions, entrepreneurs, and technological developments. locations and resources were the most important among them; other factors may be regarded as consequences from locations and resources. among the cities, bochum, essen, gelsenkirchen, and dortmund had the richest resources and most favorable locations in the transportation network and grew to be the largest cities in the ruhr area near the end of the nineteenth century. riverside location was also a favorable factor for the development, as shown in the development of duisburg on the confluence of rhine and ruhr. resource distribution can explain the rise of textile industry, metallurgical industry, and coal and iron industries, and the northward progression of the mining industry. tradition was an important factor for cities such as krefeld, barmen, elberfeld, solingen, and remscheid, which experienced development based on their traditions through the nineteenth century. various entrepreneurs exerted influences within and beyond the local level over the ruhr area. technological development stimulated the northward progression of the mining industry and the deep connection between the coal and the iron industries.