People who travelled west were called...
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History, English
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10th Grade
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Hard

Kathryn Inkster
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1.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
This picture represents the Homestead Act of 1862.
True
False
Answer explanation
It's actually Manifest Destiny - the idea that the United States is destined by God to expand across the entire North American continent.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How did the California Gold Rush impact most people's lives?
It made everyone fit from the exercise they did trying to find gold.
It made them rich!
It made food and other every day necessities incredibly expensive.
It made California a tourist hot spot.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Homestead act of 1862 was in effect until...
1935
1900
1986
1974
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who could claim land thanks to the Homestead Act?
Single women, separated women, and widows
Formerly enslaved people
Young boys
Union soldiers
Answer explanation
All of the above! In order to be eligible for this free land, people had to be 21 years old and the head of the household. Or they could have served during the Civil War in the Union Army for at least two weeks.
Boys as young as 8 to 10 years old could legally
homestead if they had served as buglers or drummer boys. After the Civil War, former slaves
became citizens. They were then able to homestead. About one in 20 homesteaders was an African American.
Single women, widows and “deserted women” could also homestead.
Later, Native Americans could homestead, although few did so. They had been forced from their original lands by the U.S. government.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
James Polk acquired the Oregon Territories from...
Mexico
Spain
France
Great Britain
7.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The Oregon Trail stretched from Independence, M_______, to Eugene, Oregon.
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