Homesteaders

Question 1

What was the Homestead Act?

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a law that granted land to settlers who met certain criteria

Question 2

Which of the following conditions did a settler need to meet to qualify for the Homestead Act? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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be twenty-one years old or the head of a family; be a US citizen or have filed for US citizenship; be able to live on and improve the land for at least five years

Question 3

The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) divided land into blocks called townships and .

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sections

Question 4

Think again about challenges and hardships people might face when moving to a new area. Why were homesteaders willing to tolerate these hardships and even overcome them?

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They were encouraged by the prospect of owning land.

Question 5

Which of these events were effects of the Homestead Act? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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Settlers continued to push onto American Indian lands.; Land speculators made profits by making land claims.; Millions of acres of US public land were claimed.

Question 6

Homesteaders received a section, which is equal to 160 acres.

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quarter

Question 7

Which of these effects did your answer include?

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less opportunity to buy inexpensive land; less opportunity for people to start new lives; no more opportunity for the nation to expand; fewer wilderness areas

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