Homestead Act: Westward Expansion & Free Land Explained | DAILY BELLRINGER

The Homestead Act: As Americans moved west throughout the mid-1800s, many traveled all the way to the west coast leaving the Great Plains primarily uninhabited by Americans. In an effort to encourage American settlement of the plains the U.S. Government offered land to settlers willing to establish a homestead in the region. Questions below: 1. What President signed the Homestead Act into law? 2. How many Americans made claims through the Homestead Act? 3. What did they call settlers that moved into Oklahoma before it could legally be settled? 4. The Homestead Act ignored what group of people? 5. Why do you think Americans were willing to settle on land that was difficult to farm? ****WORKSHEET FOR THIS VIDEO: ***FULL WILD WEST WORKSHEET PACK: **TPT WORKSHEET:…