Unit 3 Review

How did the Homestead Act change our community today?

• People couldn’t afford to live anywhere, so many towns disappeared.

• Many people moved West and helped to create new states.

• People bought too much land, and there wasn’t enough room for anyone.

How did Benjamin Banneker and Pierre Charles 

          L’enfant shape our community?

• They both contributed to the planning of the U.S. capital, Washington D.C

• They both led the early United States in the American colonies.

• Their experiments with electricity led to the invention of the lightning rod.

  
  

Look at the map of the Cumberland Gap Trail today. How did Daniel Boone help 

           to expand this region?

• He helped to widen the trail and create a road to allow travelers through the mountains.

  
  

• He made it possible for people to travel by boat in the West. 

• He built railroads in the mountains so that more people could settle in the West.

What activity would people who live near a lake do compared to someone who lives in the mountains?

• People living near a lake might participate more in hiking, and people living near 

      the mountains might participate in indoor activities like reading.

•  People living near a lake might participate in indoor activities like reading, 

      and people living near the mountains might do activities on the water.

• People living near a lake might do activities in the water, and people living near 

      mountains might participate more in hiking.

How did Ben Franklin shape the community?

• helping to create the United States government.

• widening the Cumberland Gap Trail.

• leading the American colonies and later inventing the lightning rod.

What belongs in the box?

• They wanted to find somewhere that didn't have many people.

• They wanted freedom to practice their own religion.

• They chose areas that has many choices for roads.