USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did both the Klondike Gold Rush and the passage of the Homestead Act result in demographic changes to U.S. society?
A
Women outnumbered men living on the plains of the American West
B
American Indians were displaced by descendants of European immigrants
C
Chinese migration increased at a faster rate than that of other immigrant groups
D
Most of the population of the United States shifted from the wast coast to the west coast
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -How did both the Klondike Gold Rush and the passage of the Homestead Act result in demographic changes to U.S. society? American Indians were displaced by descendants of European immigrants.

Detailed explanation-2: -The railroads provided the efficient, relatively cheap transportation that made both farming and milling profitable. They also carried the foodstuffs and other products that the men and women living on the single-crop bonanza farms needed to live.

Detailed explanation-3: -One social issue faced by many newly arriving immigrants during the Gilded Age included living in unsanitary ( ) in tenements.

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