Westward Expansion Review

Why did settlers move to the Great Plains?

• They were looking for gold

• They were hoping to farm the rich land found there.

• They wanted a factory job there.

• They liked the towns found there.

What act gave 160 acres to any family who would living on the land and farm it for 5 years?

• The Homestead Promise

• The Homestead Neighborhood

• The Homestead Act of 1862

• The Homestead farmland

What did many homesteaders live in?

• wooden houses

• farm houses

• sod houses

• apartments

What was the nickname for the Great Plains?

• Great American Dream

• Great American Desert

• Manifest Destiny

• Great American Hope

African American pioneers who moved to the Great Plains.

• exodusters

• pioneers

• homesteaders

• sodbusters

How is the Great Plains different from other regions of the United States?

• it has many trees

• it has beachfront areas

• it has a topical climate

• It is mostly flat grassland with few trees.

Why were homesteaders often called sodbusters?

• they liked the nickname

• He had to rip up the prairie sod to make his home and farm

• He grew sod for his cows on the Great Plains

Why did Exodusters move to the Great Plains?

• These Black Pioneers wanted a better life

• The Mexican Pioneers wanted a farm

• These immigrants came from Europe in order to own land

Homesteaders agreed to _

• live on the land for at least 5 years

• build a home

• improve the land

• all of these are correct

Why was life hard for homesteaders?

• Little to no fresh water

• Extremely hot and dry summers causing prairie fires and droughts

• Cold winters where bitter winds caused snow drifts cover houses

• All of these are correct