Homestead Act and Wounded Knee

Which of the following gave out free land to potential farmers out West?

• The Reservation Act

• The Homestead Act of 1862

• The Dawes Act of 1887

• The Reconstruction Acts

Which of the following best describes the Battle of Wounded Knee?

• Both sides were evenly matched.

• Native Americans had an advantage, but failed to win the battle.

• The Native Americans had planned a surprise attack, and they won.

• The battle was more like a massacre, and the Native Americans were defeated

What were the homsteaders forced to build their houses out of on the Great Plains?

• Wood

• Sod

• Rocks

• Sand

What was the Act that gave pioneers a way to buy land?

• The Homebound Act

• The Homeward Bound Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Home Sick Act

What was a result of the Homestead Act?

• More people moved to cities in the East.

• Many people started farms in the Great Plains.

• The mining industry grew.

• More railroads were built.

Which law provided 160 acres of public land to settlers for a small fee after five years of residence?

• The Gold Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Land Act

• The Settlement Act

What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?

• To give free land to Native Americans.

• To encourage people to move west by giving them land.

• To build more railroads.

• To create new cities in the East.

U.S. soldiers massacre over 300 unarmed Native Americans at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota.

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Battle of Little Bighorn

• Wounded Knee Massacre

• Battle of Shiloh

U.S. Act that allowed a settler to acquire 160 acres of Federal land.

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Patriot Act

• Treaty of Paris

• Homestead Act

Massacre of Native Americans in South Dakota. Marked the end of the Indian Wars and the close of the western frontier.

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Wounded Knee

• Trail of Tears

• Battle of the Little Bighorn