Homesteaders
President Abraham Lincoln
Who signed the Homestead Act of 1862?
Easy
What type of way that the farmers wanted to transport their crops and cattle to the market?
away
Push factor is something that causes people to move __________________ from a place.
In a harbor near New York City
Where is Ellis Island located?
President Thomas Jefferson
Who was the President that brought the Louisiana Purchase?
$18
How much was paid for 160-360 acres of land?
time
If the Civil War soldiers wanted to get the homestead land they could use their ____________________ in place of proving the land.
draws
Pull factor is something that ____________________ people to a certain place.
Chinese
Who was the immigrants that came through Angel Island that the American did not want to enter?
Mississippi River to Rocky Mountains and Canada to New Orleans
What is where the Louisiana Purchase stretches?
Single women and immigrants
Who are people that could claim the Homestead land?
1837
In what year did John Deere build the plow?
Pull or Push: Freedom of Religion _______________
Pull
The spread of settlers, farmers, and industry into the western US in the nineteenth century
What is the Western Expansion?
Homestead Act and Indian Removal Act
What is how the US addressed the issues with immigrants?
21
What age to receive the Homestead Act?
Joseph Glidden
Who invented the barbed wires?
Pull or Push: Poverty ______________
Push
Louisiana Purchase, Gold Rush, and Transcontinental Railroad
What are three main factors of the Western Expansion?
Transcontinental Railroad
What is in 1969 that fueled the Westward Expansion?
Prairie land
Homesteaders work hard on the what?
sod house
What is what settlers built small dark shelters to live in while building their home is called?
Immigrants
A person who moves from place to place.
1803
In what year did the Westward Expansion start?
Environment
What is Westward Expansion has a massive impact?