The Homestead Act was passed in -
Homestead Act

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11th Grade - University
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Derek Smith
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
1876
1862
1842
1795
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Homestead act do?
Give land to help settle the west
Remove Native Americans off the land west
Build railroads west
Free slaves
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How old did you have to be to receive land under the homestead act
18
17
21
20
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A homestead act had long been championed by northern politicians because:
speculators were claiming large tracts out west and bringing in slave labor to build large farms.
the Pacific Railroad was foundering because of the limited settlement of the western territories.
much of the land up for public federal grants was being illegally claimed by southern slaveholders
the spread of small farms into the western territories would limit the power of the slave economy
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What gave 160 acres to people willing to settle west?
dawes act
farmers alliances
national grange
Homestead act
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What obstacles did pioneers face in the west
mountains
sickness
natives
weather
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Farming was hard in the west because of drought
True
False
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