The Homestead Act
The Homestead Act gave settlers this many acres of land?
160
What was the name of the railroad company that built the Transcontinental Railroad starting in the West and building East?
The Central Pacific
This amendment ended slavery in the United States.
The 13th amendment
This Reconstruction president was the first be be impeached.
Andrew Johnson
Because trees were scarce, many settlers built their homes out of this material.
Sod
The Homestead Act gave settlers this many acres of land?
5 years
What was the name of the railroad company that built the Transcontinental Railroad starting in the East and building West?
The Union Pacific
This amendment made everyone born in the U.S. a citizen and guaranteed equal protection under the law.
The 14th Amendment
This Reconstruction President was the first to be assassinated.
Abraham Lincoln
The nickname for settlers who moved west to claim free land.
Sooners
This president signed the Homestead Act into law.
Abraham Lincoln
This group of immigrants made up much of the Central Pacific’s workforce.
Chinese Immigrants
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
The 15th Amendment
This railroad tycoon helped expand train travel and industry.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Who was the first Individual to claim land from the Homestead Act.
Daniel Freedman
Many homesteaders failed because of these tough living conditions.
Droughts, bad soil, or harsh weather
The Transcontinental Railroad connected the East and West at this location.
Promontory Point, Utah
These laws were created in the South to limit the rights and freedoms of newly freed African Americans.
Black Codes and/or Jim Crow Laws
This formerly enslaved man became one of the most famous abolitionists and speakers for equal rights.
Frederick Douglas
These settlers moved west to claim free land offered by the government.
Homesteaders
What year was the Homestead Act was signed into law?
1862
The final railroad spike of the Transcontinental Railroad was made of what?
Gold
his government agency was created to help freedmen by providing food, education, and job training after the Civil War.
The Freedman's Bureau
He was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate.
Hiram Revels
True or False: People living on the Great Plains would take pictures of themselves and their farms all of the time?
False!