Which of the Following Statements Describes Women's Experience in the West

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements describes women's experience in the West in the late nineteenth century?

• A) The Homestead Act reflected the attitudes of the day by excluding women as homesteaders.
• B) Single women made up between 5 and 20 percent of homesteaders in North Dakota.
• C) Most women living in the West rejected the eastern ideal of domesticity.
• D) Women made up only a small percentage of the American population in the West.

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