Social Studies Chapter 5 Review

What does the following list tell about?

1. 1. Had to be at least 21 years old

2. 2. Had to live on the land for 5 years

3. 3. Had to build a house on the land

4. 4. Had to pay a very small fee

• The Civil War

• The Kansas- Nebraska Act

• The Homestead Act

• The 14th Amendment

Which one of these is an example of an immigrant?

• Marta moves from Germany to Nebraska to build a new home.

• Sandy travels to Alaska to visit family and friends.

• Heidi moves from Kansas to Nebraska to start a farm.

• David goes to a new school in the middle of the year.

1. Create a Constitution

2. 2. Make a new state government

3. 3.____________

4. Which statement best completes the list?

• Ratify new amendments

• Prove up the land for 5 years

• Ask US Congress for permission to be a state

• Vote for local government leaders

Why did Nebraska's leaders choose to put the state capital in the east? Choose 3 reasons.

• Democrats in the western part of the state wanted to rename the capital.

• Nomadic Indian tribes sometimes raided the western settlements.

• The rivers in the western part of the state were too salty.

• There were only a few stations in the western part of the state.

• The land in the western part of the state was too dry to grow crops.

Farmers went to mills in towns so they could

• store their crops through the winter

• repair their broken tools and wagons

• buy hay to feed their livestock

• grind their wheat and corn into flour

When did Nebraska become the 37th state?

• 1863

• 1865

• 1867

• 1869