This passage is adapted from 'the civil war and reconstruction in the american west" by elliott west
which two statements in the text provide the reasons for the creation of a reservation system in indian territory?
paradoxically, the war's greatest impact on the west came after the fighting there was over. with union forces firmly in control and with
southem opposition gone from the nation's capital, congress passed and president lincoln signed three measures of the greatest significance in
the coming decades. on may 20, 1862. the homestead act became law. it granted 160 acres of unclaimed public land to any adult, including
immigrants intending to become citizens, who worked the land for five years while making certain improvements, including building a dwelling
roughly six weeks later, on july 1. lincoln signed the pacific railway act providing land and government loans to construct the first
transcontinental rail line. the next day he signed the morrill act. the act allotted public lands to states to finance colleges dedicated to
agricultural education and research, an especially pressing need given the semi-arid west's great challenges to farmers of that day

Chapter 1 what is the sociological perspective? why did durkheim say that some people are more likely to commit suicide? what does it mean that sociology us to see that “things are not as they seem"? what is the "sociological imagination"? how did industrialization and urbanization lead to the development of sociology? who is the "father" of sociology (and coined the term sociology)? what was the major goal of sociology’s pioneers like comte and durkheim? what did herbert spencer say? what did karl marx think caused social change? when did sociology become established as an academic discipline in the u.s.? what did w.e.b. dubois say was the major problem of the 20th century? what is the functionalist view of society? what is the main focus of the conflict perspective? why are gender and race important to the conflict perspective? what is the symbolic interactionist perspective? chapter 2 why is culture vital to human survival, and how is that different from animal instinct? what is the sapir-whorf hypothesis? what is a norm? what are mores and folkways? how does the u.s. compare to other nations in terms of how multicultural or culturally diverse it is? what is a subculture? what is a counterculture? what is cultural lag? can you give an example? what is the ethnocentrism vs. cultural relativism debate about?

What role did radio free europe play in western countries' cold warstrategy?

Preachers who were part of the great awakening urged people to