Getting Land in Kansas

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The Homestead Act was when the United States gave away ___________ to settlers.

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plots of land

Front

In 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad was finished. It made traveling out west much quicker than ever before. True or False?

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True

Front

Which of the following connected the Eastern US to the Western US? Erie Canal, Mississippi River, Transcontinental Railroad, Gulf of Mexico

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Transcontinental Railroad

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When the government gave public lands to the railroad it was:

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An incentive for the railroads to build where they would not otherwise build.

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Cultivating farmland owned by someone else.

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Tenant Farming

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A method to obtain land without having to purchase it by living on it and making improvements over a five year period.

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Homestead Act

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A method to obtain land by planting a large number of trees and then purchasing that land at $1.25 an acre.

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Timber Culture Act

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The majority of the people who came to Kansas after the Civil War were: Civil War veterans, African Americans, and Europeans who saw great economic and social opportunity, Confederate soldiers and their families looking for peace, Immigrants from Mexico and Asia., American Indians relocated here from the eastern United States.

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Civil War veterans, African Americans, and Europeans who saw great economic and social opportunity

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Exodusters was the name given to:

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African Americans from the Deep South who came to Kansas during a second wave of immigration.

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Why did African Americans leaving the South think Kansas was a good place to settle?

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Symbol of Promised Land; John Brown was a symbol of freedom; Homestead Act meant that new settlers could get a farm of their own for a small amount of money.