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Homestead Act and Homesteading Jeopardy Begin

1 st Homesteader The Homestead Act HomesteadingMore Homestead Act Potpourri

Geography SymbolsHistoryNotable Nebraskans Potpourri

Name of first homesteader Answer Home

City and state of the first homesteader’s claim site Answer Home

He was an army scout for which army AnswerHome

Claim filing date Answer Home

Which national monument is now on the site of the first claim Answer Home

President who signed the Homestead Act Answer Home

Year the Homestead Act was signed Answer Home

Number of acres in a claim Answer Home

Number of years you needed to live on your claim to own it Answer Home

Developing a claim by building a house and farming it for five years was required to ….. Answer Home

Homes made of dirt and grass bricks were called …. Answer Home

Fuel used by homesteaders for warmth and cooking Answer Home

They came from Germany, Scandinavia, Ireland to settle in Nebraska Answer Home

Long periods of dry weather is called a ……. Answer Home

Homesteader’s crops were eaten by these Answer Home

The last year the Homestead Act was available in the 48 original states Answer Home

The year the last claim was made Answer Home

State where the last claim was made Answer Home

Place where the Homestead Act document is kept Answer Home

Number of states homesteaded Answer Home

The last woman homesteader Answer Home

One of two crops grown by most homesteaders Answer Home

Famous photographer; took pictures of sod houses Answer Home

Age a person needed to be to make a claim Answer Home

Daniel Freeman Home

Where many of the Indians were forced to move Answer Home

Daniel Freeman Home

Beatrice, Nebraska Home

Union Army Home

January 1, 1863 Home

Homestead National Monument of America Home

Abraham Lincoln Home

1862 Home

160 acres Home

5 years Home

Prove Up Home

Soddies Home

Buffalo or bison chips Home

Immigrants Home

drought Home

grasshoppers Home

1976 Home

1986 Home

Alaska Home

The National Archives in Washington D.C. Home

30 Home

Elizabeth Smith Home

Corn and wheat Home

Solomon Butcher Home

21 years old or the head of the household Home

Answer Indians were forced to move here when the homesteaders arrived

Home reservations