US .01 and .02

The law gave settlers the chance to get __________ acres of free land from the federal government

• 100

• 120

• 140

• 160

Why did the government support homesteading?

• to encourage trade with Canada

• to encourage settlers to farm the western land

Why did homesteaders want to live near the railroad?

• to make it easy to transport their crops to market

• to take vacations in the open space in the West

The Homestead Act:

• Encouraged westward settlement

• Granted 160 acres to every head of household

• Created Native Tension

• was an act which granted land to Natives

An individual had to be at least _____ years old to claim land.

• 18

• 20

• 21

• 30

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

• migrant

• drought

• homesteader

Select the two correct criteria you had to meet to buy land.

• 18 years old or older

• 21 years old or older

• Must own cattle

• Head of the household

Could women secure a grant in their own names?

• Yes, women could own land.

• No, women could not own land.

As the United States expanded westward, there was an increasing need to improve transportation between the coasts. The eastern states already had a developed network of railroads. In 1862, Congress authorized plans for a __________, reaching all the way to California.

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Indian Reservation

• Homestead Act

• Ghost Town

An area of land that has been set aside for native people. Many of them forced native people to move far from their homelands to land that was often of poor quality. For example, the land was often too wet or too dry for farming or was on steep or rocky territory.

• Homestead

• Boom Town

• Ghost Town

• Indian Reservation