Click the button under the map to read the Internet article on The Homestead Act. Then answer the following questions in your OW box.
Questions
1. What day did president Abraham Lincoln sign the Homestead Act?
2. What are two ways the settlers could get the deed for their property?
3. Was the life of a homesteader easy? Explain.
3. What is the Exoduster Movement?
4. Where does the name "Exoduster" come from?
5. Who is Benjamin Pap Singleton?
The next two questions will require you to do your own research to find the correct answer.
7. Give me three facts about Nicodemus Kansas.
1. What day did president Abraham Lincoln sign the Homestead Act?
2. What are two ways the settlers could get the deed for their property?
3. Was the life of a homesteader easy? Explain.
3. What is the Exoduster Movement?
4. Where does the name "Exoduster" come from?
5. Who is Benjamin Pap Singleton?
The next two questions will require you to do your own research to find the correct answer.
7. Give me three facts about Nicodemus Kansas.