Homestead Act

Homestead Act

Assessment

Flashcard

History

9th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Wayground Content

FREE Resource

Student preview

quiz-placeholder

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

_____________________ signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862.

Back

Abraham Lincoln

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The law gave settlers the chance to get __________ acres of free land from the federal government

Back

160

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Even for those who afford all of the supplies needed to farm the land, farming was NOT easy.

Back

true

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why did the government support homesteading?

Back

to encourage settlers to farm the western land

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why did homesteaders want to live near the railroad?

Back

to make it easy to transport their crops to market

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

An individual had to be at least _____ years old to claim land.

Back

21

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A person who migrated to the West to take advantage of the Homestead Act

Back

homesteader

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Google

Continue with Google

Email

Continue with Email

Classlink

Continue with Classlink

Clever

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Microsoft

Apple

Apple

Others

Others

Already have an account?