Weeks 1 & 2 - Hist2112

In 1862, America gave away millions of acres in the

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Exoduster

• Gold Rush

Check all that apply; A Homesteader had to do all of the following to get a deed for their land.

• Pay $5

• Use the land to produce food

• They must have livestock (cattle, chickens, horses, pigs)

• Improve the land by putting up any kind of home

• Improve the economy by working with the railroad

Check all of the following that encouraged people to move west after the Civil War:

• Manifest Destiny

• Steel Mills

• Homestead Act

• Sharecropping

• Gold Rush

What invention helped prevent cattle from wondering onto private land

• Barbed Wire

• Steel Plow

• Cotton Gin

• Assembly Line

In which state was gold discovered in 1848 and caused people to "rush" to find it?

• Texas

• Oregon

• California

• Kansas

What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act?

• To bring an end to cattle drives

• To encourage settlement on the Great Plains

• To build the Transcontinental Railroad

• To provide a market for steel plows

What was an effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• It forced families out of the East

• It helped clean up pollution

• Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy

• It made the East over crowded

The amendment that prohibits federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on his race.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th

Who was the 1st major power to industrialize?

• The United Kingdom

• The Romans

• France

• The United States

What two forms of transportation developed from the steam engine?

• Trains

• Cars

• Steel Plow

• Paddle Boats