Homestead Act Part 1

In order to receive a claim to your land under the homestead act what must you be able to show?

• Money

• improvements

• Trees

• Farm land

Under the Homestead Act what was the fee you had to pay?

• $1.25

• $5.00

• $10.00

• $20.00

Under the Homestead Act you had (a)   years to show improvements.

Before land could be claimed, it first had to be surveyed.

• True

• False

What impact did the Homestead Act have on the population of Kansas?

• Decreased the population

• Increased the population

• The population wasnt impacted

What percentage of homesteads failed?

• 60%

• 20%

• 50%

• 90%

If someone failed to improve their homestead what would they MOST LIKELY do instead?

• Go home

• 
  Tenant farming

• plantation farming

• buy the land from the government

How much did one acre of land cost?

• $2

• $2.50

• $1.25

• $10

(a)   farmers worked/improvd someone else's land as a renter

The Homestead Act of 1862 attempted to promote the development of western lands by 

• funding agricultural and technical colleges and universities
• funding the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad
• providing affordable land to settlers
• placing Native Americans on reservations