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People who travelled west were called...

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.

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.

The Homestead act of 1862 was in effect until...

• 1935

• 1900

• 1986

• 1974

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.

James Polk acquired the Oregon Territories from...

• Mexico

• Spain

• France

• Great Britain

The Oregon Trail stretched from Independence, M_______, to Eugene, Oregon.

A cowboy is _ to the ladies, _ towards strangers, _ to his friends and _ to his enemies.

• gracious; reserved; generous; brutal

• reserved; generous; gracious; brutal

• kindly; brutal; charming; hurtful

If you are ambidextrous, you can use both...

One cowboy was called Buffalo...