North Dakota Grows

What two factors brought the most people to live in North Dakota?

• Gold was discovered

• Steamboats

• Railroads

• The Homesteading Act

Why did the railroad companies offer land to settlers?

• They had to pay back a loan.

• They needed settlers to keep the railroad in business.

• They needed quick money.

• To build ranches

During the first population boom from 1876-1883 there were over 100,000 _____ came to North Dakota.

• Immigrants

• cattle

• American Indians

• Fur Traders

Women were allowed to file a claim for a homestead in Dakota Territory.

• True

• False

In 1864, Congress passed laws to create a railroad that stretched across the country. It was the _____ railroad.

• state to state

• interstate

• transcontinental

• Criss Cross

The Northern Pacific Railway received ___ million acres of land in ND for the railroad tracks.

• 25

• 11

• 5

• 1