Creating Communities

Who were the homesteaders?

• immigrants and slaves from south

• patriots and rich people

• Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Banneker

• Pierre Charles L'Enfant and George Washington

Which of the following is a reason the Homestead Act was important?

• Helped build Washington D.C.

• Helped settle the West

• Made people rich

• It was easy to start communities

Which of the following is a reason the Homestead Act was important?

• It helped the country add new states

• It was easy to dig wells

• People from Mexico could move there

• It cost a lot of money to purchase the land

What are the four reasons communities were formed?

• Selling items

  Railroads

  Money

  Religion

• Freedom

  Safety

  Communication

  Money

• Safety

  Rules

  Material Well-being

  Money

• Safety

  Rules

  Material Well-being

  Religious Freedom

Daniel Boone was a

• president

• mathematician

• frontiersmen/

  explorer

• astronomer

Daniel Boone blazed a trail through the --- mountains.

• Chicago

• Appalachian

• Rocky

• Texas

The trail Daniel Boone carved was called

• Cumberland Park

• Cumberland

• Cumberland Gap

• Cumberland Pass

Daniel Boone traveled_______from Virginia to Kentucky

What city has a statue of William Penn on the top of city hall?

• Pasadena

• Pensacola

• Philadelphia

• Potato

Benjamin Banneker was a surveyor, mathematician and scientist

• True

• False