Kansas History

Kansas & Homesteading: Grasshoppers & Immigrants & Cowboys, Oh My!

Multiple Choice

What was the process of establishing a home that is attached to land?

• Farmsteading

• Reestablishment

• Homesteading

• Farmery

Multiple Select

What were the two main challenges when it came to homesteading?

• Getting water

• Getting animals

• Building fences

• Getting land

Multiple Choice

What stated that settlers could claim 160 acres of land for a $10 fee?

• Homestead Act of 1862

• Establishment Doctrine

• Farming Compromise

• Settlement Clause

Multiple Choice

Which of these was NOT a requirement of the Homestead Act?

• Stay on land and farm for 5 years

• Had to go to college

• Had to be a U.S. citizen or had plans on becoming one

• Farm land for 6 months and pay $1.25 per acre

• Had to be 21 or older

Multiple Choice

What town in Kansas was founded by newly freed slaves?

• Inman

• Geneseo

• Norton

• Nicodemus

Multiple Choice

What was the name given to African Americans who migrated to Kansas?

• Free Birds

• Exodusters

• Freemen

• Land Seekers

Multiple Select

MOST European immigrants that came to Kansas were what? Select them.

• German

• Slavic

• Czech

• English

Multiple Choice

What heavily recruited European immigrants to move to Kansas?

• Railroads

• Factories

• Salt-mining

• Gold Rush

Multiple Select

Why did Mexicans move to Kansas from Mexico? Select them.

• Persecution

• Escape poverty

• Discrimination

• Escape revolution

Multiple Select

Many Mexicans came to Kansas to work for what three things? Select them.

• Salt-mining

• Build factories

• Sugar beet industry

• Railroads

• Gold-mining