Transcontinental RR/Homestead Act CFA

Which president signed the Pacific Railroad Act into law?

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Polk

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses Grant

• Rutherford B. Hayes

Why did the government want the Transcontinental Railroad built?

• To move prisoners west

• To encourage westward expansion

• To defeat Mexico

• To make peace with the Native Americans

The Homestead Act required people to farm on land for _____ years to get _______ acres for free.

• 10 years, 50 acres

• 1 year, 80 acres

• 7 years, 180 acres

• 5 years, 160 acres

What animal impacted the building of the railroads, and was also essential to the Native Americans way of life?

• Snakes
• Mountain lions
• Bison
• Locusts

What two ethnic groups helped to build the transcontinental railroad?

• Mexican Americans and Native Americans
• Irish immigrants and Chinese immigrants
• African Americans and European immigrants
• Scottish immigrants and Japanese immigrants 

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as

• The Great Expansion
• Manifest Destiny
• Oregon Fever
• The Monroe Doctrine

What invention allowed people and goods to travel across the country in just a week?

• The Transcontinental Railroad
• The pony express
• The telegraph

What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?

• To encourage families to move east
• To encourage families to move north
• To encourage famileis to move south
• To encourage families to move west

What did many homesteaders live in?

• wooden houses
• sod houses
• farm houses
• apartments

The result of the Homestead Act was:

• Farmers still refused to settle the Plains.
• Few settlers took advantage of the land offer.
• Immigrants and farmers flocked to the Plains.
• Settlers were driven back by hostile Indians.