Homestead Act

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

What event was happening when the Homestead Act was passed

• Industrial Revolution

• Spanish American War

• Civil War

• Mexican American War

What act gave 160 acres to any family who would live on the land and farm it for 5 years?

• The Homestead Promise

• The Homestead Neighborhood

• The Homestead Act of 1862

• The Homestead farmland

Who was the President of the United States signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

• Meriwether Lewis

• William Clark

What event was happening when the Homestead Act was passed?

• Industrial Revolution

• Spanish American War

• Civil War

• Mexican American War

How long did you have to farm the land to keep it under the Homestead act?

• 1

• 5

• 10

How long were settlers required to live on the land to fulfill the Homestead Act requirements?

• 6 years

• 4 years

• 3 years

• 5 years

What was the primary purpose of the Homestead Act?

• To encourage westward expansion

• To provide free land to Native Americans

• To establish national parks

• To promote industrialization

Which year was the Homestead Act enacted?

• 1860

• 1862

• 1865

• 1870

How many acres of land were granted to settlers under the Homestead Act?

• 80 acres

• 160 acres

• 320 acres

• 640 acres