Homesteaders
Homesteaders
TCRR
TCRR
Dawes Act
Farmers
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The Homestead Act said that settlers could get how many acres of land?
160 acres
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Could a former Confederate soldier get a homestead?
No, they couldn't because they had fought against the US.
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The _______________ Railroad made it easier to get to the West.
(It means across the continent)
The Transcontinental Railroad made it easier to get to the West.
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What is one benefit of the Transcontinental Railroad?
-It made it much faster for people to travel to the West.
-It allowed farmers in the Great Plains to ship their crops east where more people lived.
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What group of people did the Dawes Act affect?
The Dawes Act affected Native Americans.
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What are two problems farmers faced in the late 1880s?
-Prices for farm equipment and supplies were going up.
-Prices for crops were going down (so they couldn't make money).
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Name two things the homesteaders had to do to keep the land.
-Farm the land
-Build a house
-Pay a small fee
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Could immigrants, single women, and former slaves get a homestead?
Yes.
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The Transcontinental Railroad was built by two companies, but who paid for it?
The US Government paid for the railroad.
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The Transcontinental Railroad opened up the West and made it possible for people from the East to move there, but how did this affect the Native Americans who already lived there?
The white settlers forced Native Americans off of their land.
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The ______ Act split up reservations into individual plots of lands to try to force Native Americans to become farmers and assimilate into white culture.
The Dawes Act split up reservations into individual plots of lands to try to force Native Americans to become farmers and assimilate into white culture.
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Match the words in bold with the blanks:
The farmers blamed banks, the railroad companies, and eastern businesses for their problems because:
-___________did not give loans to many farmers and they charged high interest rates.
-___________ made farm equipment and supplies that were too expensive for farmers to afford.
-___________ charged high rates to ship crops.
Match the words in bold with the blanks:
The farmers blamed banks, the railroad companies, and eastern businesses for their problems because:
-Banks did not give loans to many farmers and they charged high interest rates.
-Eastern Businesses made farm equipment and supplies that were too expensive for farmers to afford.
-Railroad Companies charged high rates to ship crops.
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Homesteaders were also called ___________.
Homesteaders were also called sodbusters.
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The Companies were the U______ P_______ and the C P
The Companies were the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific.
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What did the Dawes Act create that was designed to force Native American children to become more like white Americans?
The Dawes Act created boarding schools to force Native American children to become more like white Americans.
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One way farmers tried to fix their problems was by creating the _______ _________, the first farmers organization.
One way farmers tried to fix their problems was by creating the National Grange, the first farmers organization.
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What are two hardships homesteaders faced?
-No towns or neighbors nearby
-Much of the land was dry
-No trees to build houses out of
-They had to survive off of the little they brought with them
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The government paid for the railroad. What is a word for when the government pays for something? S
A government payment is called a subsidy.
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The US Government killed millions of __________, the most important food source for Native Americans in the West, to force Native Americans to become farmers instead of hunters.
The US Government killed millions of buffalo (or bison), the most important food source for Native Americans in the West, to force Native Americans to become farmers instead of hunters.
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Another way farmers tried to fix their problems was by joining the F________ A__________, which worked against the railroad companies to make shipping rates more fair.
Another way farmers tried to fix their problems was by joining the Farmers' Alliance, which worked against the railroad companies to make shipping rates more fair.
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Could an 18 year old get a homestead?
No, you had to be 21.
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Who were the workers who built the railroad?
Chinese, Irish, and German immigrants as well as many former slaves from the South.
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How did the Dawes Act affect the size of the reservations?
The reservations got smaller (and split up).
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Another way farmers tried to fix their problems was by joining the P P which supported the "common man" with policies to help farmers.
Another way farmers tried to fix their problems was by joining the Populist Party which supported the "common man" with policies to help farmers.