All of the Following Statements Regarding Women in the West

question 29

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements regarding women in the West are true except

• A)unmarried women could not own land under the Homestead Act.
• B)in 1860, more than 85 percent of Chinese women in San Francisco were prostitutes.
• C)women were less than 10 percent of the population in the California gold rush.
• D)western states were the first the grant suffrage to women.
• E)gender arrangements differed in the west compared to other regions.

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