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