Vocab
People who move to the US from another country are called...
Immigrants
The ______ River divided our state in half along political boundaries.
Platte
Homesteaders came to the midwest for...
Free Land
Congress had to pass a _______ that said we could become a state.
Law
When you went to town, you got your corn and wheat turned into flour at the _________.
Gristmill
Houses made out of grass were called...
Sodhouses (Soddies)
Name one thing on our state seal
Rocky Mountains, Missouri River, Steamboat, Train, Man Hammering on Anvil, Wheat, Cabin
Name one group of people who came for free homesteading land.
Immigrants, Civil War soldiers, and freed African American slaves
Nebraska is the _______ state
37th
When you dug your house into the side of a hill, it was called a _______.
Dugout
A change to a formal document is called an __________.
Amendment
One of the most famous photographers in Nebraska history is ________ ________.
Solomon Butcher
When you were a homesteader, you got ______ acres of land.
160
We became a state on _______ ___, ______.
March 1, 1867
Most immigrants came from _________. (Continent)
Europe
We had to create a state __________, or a set of laws, before we could become a real state.
Constitution
You had to live on your homestead for ____ years.
5
Before our capital was in Lincoln, it was in ________
If you wanted to get free homesteading land, you had to be ____ years old or the head of a family.
21
To pass a new law, it had to be __________ (or accepted) by Congress.
Ratified
The first governor of Nebraska wanted the capital to be in ______ before he died.
Bellevue
If you gave up your homestead before 5 years, it was called "______ _____"
Going busted
Before it was called Lincoln, the city was called ________.
Lancaster
The first homesteader was named _______ ________.
Daniel Freeman