What is a homestead?
Westward Expansion

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Michelle Leonard
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
It is a settler's home and land.
It is a soldier's home and land.
It is the Native Americans home and land.
It is a Confederate's home and land.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where did the U.S. government want the Plains Indians to move?
Homestead
Reservation
Mexico
Canada
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Why did the Plains Indians not want to move to a reservation?
The reservation land had too many buffalos.
The Plains Indians were farmers and the reservation land was too far away.
The Plains Indians were not farmers and the reservation land was small and poor.
The reservation land was too large to settle.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What appealed to settlers to move to the Great Plains in the 1840's?
Steel and Iron
Oil and Water
Diamonds and Rubies
Land and Gold
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What was the Homestead Act?
U.S. sold adults 160 acres of Great Plains land for a small amount of money and after settling five years, it was theirs.
U.S. sold adults 160 acres of Great Plains land for a small amount of money and after settling fifteen years, it was theirs.
U.S. sold adults 200 acres of Great Plains land for a small amount of money and after settling five years, it was theirs.
U.S. sold adults 200 acres of Great Plains land for a small amount of money and after settling fifteen years, it was theirs.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Why did many settlers come to the Great Plains from Eastern United States?
The water was cleaner in the Great Plains than in the Eastern United States.
The railroads were less expensive in the Great Plains than in the United States.
The animals were more plentiful in the Great Plains than in the Eastern United States.
The farmland was less expensive in the Great Plains than in the Eastern United States.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where had many immigrants come from that settled in the Great Plains?
Europe
Asia
South America
Africa
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