Social Studies Ch. 7 & 8

Social Studies Ch. 7 & 8

Life in the Territory

Settling in Nebraska

Chapter 7 vocabulary

• plantation

• slavery

• territory

• Underground Railroad

Opening the Land for Settlement

Many people thought Nebraska should become a territory. A territory is ruled by leaders sent by the national government.

Multiple Select

What were the three reasons to make Nebraska a territory? Choose all that apply

• settlers would be allowed to move to Nebraska

• people could fight slavery

• the United States would set up a government and buy land from Native Americans

• railroad companies could use the land to build a railroad track from East to the West

Multiple Choice

The Kansas-Nebraska act created two territories and allowed them each to decide whether their territory would allow slavery or not.

True or False?

• True

• False

Chapter 7 vocabulary

• freight

• telegraph

• communication

• transportation

Building the Territory

As more people began settling in the Nebraska Territory, the growing towns needed to make money. People needed to make a living. Better transportation and communication was needed for this to happen.

Multiple Select

Freighting companies carried supplies to the small towns along the trails. What mode of transportation was used to carry these supplies in the early years of the Nebraska Territory before the railraod? (3 possible answers)

• freight trains

• stagecoaches

• wagons (pulled by oxen, horse or mule)

• semi-trucks

• steamboats

Multiple Choice

The Pony Express company was a system to carry mail by horseback across the country. What was the reason that the Pony Express station was not around too long?

• People stopped writing letters to each other.

• The weather was too dangerous for the riders.

• New inventions like the telegraph helped to speed up communication.

• Pony Express riders demanded to be paid more money.

Open Ended

The railroad changed the way that many people dealt with transportation and communication. Write to explain at least 2 reasons/ways that the railroad made life easier.

Chapter 8 vocabulary

• homesteader

• immigrant

Settling in Nebraska

New settlers continued to come to Nebraska have a new life in the plains. These homesteaders built homes of sod and other materials. They also worked off the land and built a rich heritage that is important to our state's history.

Multiple Select

The Homestead Act provided the following:

• water for the settlers

• 160 acres of land

• crops and farm animals

• education for children

Multiple Select

For a homesteader to claim the land from the Homestead Act they were required to:

(choose all that apply)

• work on their land for at least 5 years

• be 21 years or older

• start a business

• build a house

• ride the railroad across Nebraska

Chapter 8 vocabulary

• sod buster

• slate

Multiple Select

Families on homesteads had to do the following jobs:

(choose all that apply)

• build a home

• tend a garden or gather wild plants

• make clothing

• washing

• help build the railroad