Homestead Act
Which President passed the Homestead Act in 1862?
President Lincoln
Farm families realized they would be better off if they could produce a variety of crops and livestock, so they started practicing ___________________ farming.
Diversified
Farmer Gardell grows enough brussel sprouts and lima beans to support only his 13 children and wife, but not to make a profit. What kind of farming does he practice?
Subsistence Farming
What county are you currently in while sitting in this class?
Dakota
Oliver Kelley is the founding father of this organization that helps farmers?
The Grange
The Homestead Act allowed for new states to develop in which part of the United States?
West
Name two things the father of the family typically did on the farm during this time period?
Possible Answers:
Plowing
Planting
Harvesting
Repaired buildings
Cared for animals
Accountant, vet and many more!
Mrs. Flynn is not only a wise math teacher, but an incredible salesperson! She often buys land and sells it to make a profit. What is she, besides an amazing 6th grade teacher?
Land Speculator
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What was the name of the family that bought 80 acres of land in Lincoln County, MN, as part of the Homestead Act?
The Tainters
Name two rules that were part of establishing new land, as written in the Homestead Act?
Name three things the mother of the family did on the farm during this time period?
Possible Answers:
Caretaker of kids
Cooked 3 meals/day
Laundry
Cleaning
Sewing
Planting/Harvesting
Took care of animals
Mrs. Pasch’s made-from-scratch cookies and brownies are so delicious (true story) that they should be brought to a ___________ where people would probably pay top dollar for her delectable desserts!
Market
Hastings
The grasshoppers that infested the SW part of Minnesota were actually what?
Rocky Mountain Locusts
The Homestead Act caused a lot of controversy because it pushed out this Native tribe, the _________, and allowed new __________ that moved from a new country into the state of Minnesota.
Must have exact answers!
Dakota, immigrants
Name four things children typically did on the farm during this time period?
Possible Answers:
Carried firewood & water
Weeding
Gathered eggs
Milked cows
Cared for fields
Took care of younger siblings
Mrs. Gullicks is currently trying to _________ the rules of the gym class so that every day is Pacer Day! We will have the fittest kids in the world if she successfully adjusts or changes these rules.
Regulate
The state of Alaska calls their "counties" these?
Boroughs
Name three states that were affected by the grasshopper invasion of the mid 1860s by damaging their farmer's crops?
Possible answers: Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Dakotas (N and S), Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Missouri, and New Mexico
New settlers were allowed to get up to how many acres of land from the Homestead Act?
160 acres
Most farmers owned a team of ____ . They were slower than other work animals like ______ , but they could pull heavier loads and machinery useful for farming, like _____ . Most families had a cow or two, and many a few had __________ or pigs, which were useful food sources.
MUST HAVE EXACT ANSWER!!!!
oxen, horses, plows, chickens
Mrs. Rowan only eats organic grass fed beef. It helps keep her young and fit so she can prepare for her beauty pageants on the weekends. The best place to get fair prices from local farmers is the _________?
Cooperative
The state of Louisiana calls their "counties" these?
Parishes
Give us two true statements about Louis Fertile based on the reading from last week Wednesday?
He was a land speculator.
He lived in Lincoln County.
He made money buying and selling land!