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Homestead Act and Homesteading Jeopardy
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1st Homesteader
The Homestead
Act
Homesteading More Homestead
Act
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Geography Symbols History Notable Nebraskans
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Name of first homesteader
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City and state of the first homesteader’s
claim site
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He was an army scout for which army
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Claim filing date
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Which national monument is now on the site of the
first claimAnswer
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President who signed the Homestead Act
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Year the Homestead Act was signed
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Number of acres in a claim
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Number of years you
needed to live on your
claim to own it
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Developing a claim by
building a house and
farming it for five years
was required to …..Answer
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Homes made of dirt
and grass bricks were
called ….
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Fuel used by
homesteaders for
warmth and cooking
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They came from Germany,
Scandinavia, Ireland to settle in Nebraska
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Long periods of dry
weather is called a …….
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Homesteader’s crops
were eaten by these
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The last year the
Homestead Act was
available in the 48 original states
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The year the last
claim was made
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State where the last
claim was made
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Place where the
Homestead Act
document is kept
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Number of states homesteaded
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The last woman
homesteader
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One of two crops grown
by most homesteaders
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Famous photographer; took pictures of sod houses
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Age a person needed to
be to make a claim
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Daniel Freeman
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Where many of the Indians
were forced to move
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Daniel Freeman
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Beatrice, Nebraska
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Union Army
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January 1, 1863
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Homestead National Monument of America
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Abraham Lincoln
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1862
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160 acres
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5 years
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Prove Up
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Soddies
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Buffalo or bison chips
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Immigrants
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drought
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grasshoppers
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1976
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1986
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Alaska
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The National Archives in Washington D.C.
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30
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Elizabeth Smith
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Corn and wheat
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Solomon Butcher
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21 years old or the head of the household
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Indians were forced to move here when the homesteaders
arrived
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reservations