Homestead Act
Define the term Homestead Act.
provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land
Much of the construction work on the Transcontinental Railroad that ran eastward from California was completed by immigrants from this country:
China
What law broke Native American reservations into individual family farms?
Dawes Act
Slavery is over, except as punishment for a crime
13th Amendment
Who signed the homestead act?
Abraham Lincoln
The Transcontinental Railroad reshaped the American West by:
Removing the Cherokee from their native homelands
Allowing for faster transportation across the United States
Making it easier for white settlers to move west and push Native Americans off their land
In the late 1800’s, the goal of the Federal Government’s policy toward Native Americans was to:
destroy tribal bonds and thus weaken their traditional cultural values
All people born in the US are citizens
14th Amendment
What date was the Homestead Act signed?
May 20, 1862
In the period from 1860 to 1900, the Federal Government encouraged the settlement of the West by:
granting tracts of land to railroad companies to encourage construction
African-Americans who left the South to move West were called:
Exodusters
Gave Black men the right to vote
15th Amendment
The passage of the Homestead Act and the completion of the transcontinental railroad helped to fulfill the United States’ commitment to
Racial Equality
Who built the transcontinental railroad?
Union Pacific & Central Pacific
A major feature of the Reconstruction period was that:
New legislation and constitutional amendments attempted to provide equal rights and opportunities for blacks
A government organization created to support freed people at the end of the Civil War
Freedman's Bureau Act
What did the Homestead Act do to Native American?
they found themselves pushed farther from their homelands or crowded onto reservations
What cities and states were the starting points to build the transcontinental railroad.
Sacramento, California & Omaha, Nebraska
A major result of the Reconstruction period was that:
The former Confederate states were restored to full membership in the Union.
Laws passed in Southern states to limit the freedom of Black Americans
Black Codes