Homestead Act

|A law that gave settlers 160 acres of land for $10

• homesteaders

• drought

• Homestead Act

• Proclamation

A person who migrated to the West to take advantage of the Homestead Act

• migrant

• drought

• pioneers

Why did the government support homesteading?

• to encourage trade with Canada

• to encourage settlers to farm the western land

How many acres of land did the Homestead Act offer?

• 100

• 150

• 160

• 200

What did the Homestead Act offer?

• a new home for travelers

• a stop along the Oregon Trail

• free land after 5 years of living on it.

You had to show ________ after 5 years to claim the land for free.

• improvements

• a profit of 1,000

• slavery

• industrialization

What was discovered in California in 1849?

• Silver
• Gold
• Migrants
• Timber

How did people move west?

• Horse and Wagon
• Railroad
• Steamship
• all of the above

Why did President Lincoln give land to Americans for free

• For jobs

• To visit their families

• To help expand the country

• For the climate change

In what year did the Homestead Act start?

• 1803

• 1805

• 1863

• 1823