Homestead Act and Homesteading Jeopardy

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1st Homesteader

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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

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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

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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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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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