WorksheetsHomestead Review for Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Western Land is divided into sections/ A section is made up of...
300 acres
one square mile
ten square miels
one half mile wide and three miles long
The Homestead act was passed in
1806
1822
1862
1842
The head of a family could file a homestead claim for
one section of land
one half section
one quarter section
50 acres
To receive a homestead title from the government, the person who filed the claim had to improve the land and live on it for a period of
ten years
five years
two years
one year
Property taxes are largest for a person owning
$10,000 in chas
$10,000 in the bank
160 acres of land
a $10,000 annual income
Local communities we4re founded because of a need for...
makers where farmers could sell farm produce
stores where famers could buy goods
centers for schools, churches, and meeting places
all of these are correct!
The state or states where the homesteaders first settled after the Civil War were.... (Check all that are correct)
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
True or false: ONLY citizens of the United States could file a homestead claim.
True
False
True or False: After living on the homestead for the full number of years and farming it, the homesteader would receive the land free (except for a small filing fee).
True
False
True or false: Property taxes can be levied only by a state, not by a city or county.
False
True
True or false: A section of land is composed of 640 acres.
True
False
True or false: some railroads were given sections of land free by the federal government.
true
false
true or false: the coming of a railroad to a community generally made LITTLE difference in market prices.
true
false
true or false: any person over 21 years of age could file a homestead claim.
True
False
True or false: the merchants in farm communities who sold goods to farmers made as much money when the farmers had poor crops as when they had good crops. (Did they make as much during a BUMPER year vs. a DROUGHT year?)
true
false
