Homestead Act

_____________________ signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

• Meriwether Lewis

• William Clark

The law gave settlers the chance to get __________ acres of free land from the federal government

• 100

• 120

• 140

• 160

The Homestead Act ended poverty issues as people moved West.

• true

• false

Even for those who afford all of the supplies needed to farm the land, farming was NOT easy.

• true

• false

What did the Homestead Act offer?

• a new home for travelers

• a stop along the Oregon Trail

• free land after 5 years of living on it.

You had to show ________ after 5 years to claim the land for free.

• improvements

• a profit of 1,000

• slavery

• industrialization