How did the government become involved in economic development in the late 19th century?
select one:
a. it passed laws like the sherman anti-trust act that encouraged competition among companies.
b. it encouraged the construction of the transcontinental railroad by giving money and land to railroad companies which spurred economic growth.
c. all of these are correct.
d. it passed legislation like the homestead act which encouraged settlement of the west and economic development.

i beleive a. is the only possible answer

the correct answer is: (1) affected by gerrymandering; (2) not affected by gerrymandering.

gerrymandering is known as a practice that intends to establish a some kind of political advantage for a particular party or group. to do this district boundaries are manipulated. the new resulting district is named a gerrymandering.

in other words, what gerrymandering does is to draw the boundaries of electoral districts trying to benefit the party who is doing it. sometimes, the party controlling the legislature will redraw it so they can maximize the number of districts they are likely to control.

  the common sense as a pamphlet written by thomas paine. it promoted the independence of the colonies from british rule. the distribution of this pamphlet was great, it reached people everywhere and it was even read aloud at places people met. it also unite the colonists before the revolutionary war.

answer is d