Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, and who has never borne arms against the United States Government or given aid and comfort to its enemies, shall, from and after January 1, 1863, be entitled to enter one quarter section of unappropriated public lands… Document B: Late 19th Century Political Cartoon Document C Document D: Cover of Puck Magazine, 1882 The answer is b Maishka is the best!! Document E: Excerpt from the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 1890 Section 1: "Every contract, combination in the form of or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal." Section 2: "Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a felony [. . . ]" Document F: President Cleveland’s Letter to Illinois Governor Regarding the Pullman Strike, 1894 Sir: Federal troops were sent to Chicago in strict accordance with the Constitution and laws of the United States, upon the demand of the post-office department that obstruction of the mails should be removed, and upon the representations of the judicial officers of the United States that the process of the Federal courts could not be executed through ordinary means, and upon competent proof that conspiracies existed against commerce between the States. . . .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, and who has never borne arms against the United States Government or given aid and comfort to its enemies, shall, from and after January 1, 1863, be entitled to enter one quarter section of unappropriated public lands… Document B: Late 19th Century Political Cartoon Document C Document D: Cover of Puck Magazine, 1882 The answer is b Maishka is the best!! Document E: Excerpt from the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 1890 Section 1: "Every contract, combination in the form of or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal." Section 2: "Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a felony [. . . ]" Document F: President Cleveland’s Letter to Illinois Governor Regarding the Pullman Strike, 1894 Sir: Federal troops were sent to Chicago in strict accordance with the Constitution and laws of the United States, upon the demand of the post-office department that obstruction of the mails should be removed, and upon the representations of the judicial officers of the United States that the process of the Federal courts could not be executed through ordinary means, and upon competent proof that conspiracies existed against commerce between the States. . . .
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