Homestead Act & Homesteaders

What was the average number of graves per mile on the Oregon trail?

• 11

• 18

• 10

• 7

What was the Homestead Act?

• The act that provided anyone over the age of 21 with 160 acres of land for a small filing fee.

• The rule that made Indians in the West move to Canada

• Forced people to move from the south

• The act that provided anyone over the age of 18 with 260 acres of land for a small filing fee

True or False: Homesteaders were people who took credit for traveling and settling in the west and also who took advantage of the Homestead Act of 1862

• True

• False

What was the main reason why they died on the journey?

• Storms

• Being run over by a wagon

• Snakebite

• Disease

True or False: The federal government granted 2 million Homesteaders with 270,000,000 acres of land

• True

• False

True or False: The significance of the Homestead Act was a landmark in the evolution of federal agricultural law and also sought to shape the US west by populating it with farmers who were given cheaper land to make them want to move out west.

• True

• False

Culture: What was the biggest meal of the day and what was it called

• Lunch called breakfast

• Dinner called lunch

• Lunch called dinner

• Breakfast called dinner

Culture: What was the most popular snack eaten by Homesteaders on the journey?

• Kale

• Crackers

• Walnuts

• Dried fruit

Who signed the Homestead Act?

• Federal government

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• Rutherford B. Hayes