O'Reilly's History Quiz
This Week in History: The Homestead Act
1. In what year did Congress passed the Homestead Act which allowed adults to claim land from the public domain?
2. The Homestead Act remained in effect for how many years?
3. In order to keep the land claimed, it had to be cultivated, improved and lived on for five years. To make a claim land legal it had to be filed at the local land grant office for a fee of how much?
4. Congress had long tried to pass a land act but wasn't able until what event occurred, making it possible to agree on a proposal?
5. By the end of the Civil War, homesteaders had filed 15,000 claims. How many claims would be filed in total?
6. The Homestead National Monument was erected on the site of one of the first claims filed. Where is it located?
7. The Homestead Act is often viewed as one of the most important pieces of legislation in U.S. history. What percentage of U.S. land was claimed?
8. Men who had not fought for the South, new immigrants, single women, and former slaves were all eligible to claim a 160-acre parcel of land. They only had to be how old to do so?
9. The Taylor Grazing Act of 1936 effectively reduced the number of claims that could be placed in the lower 48 states. What natural disaster spurred the signing of this act?
10. A dearth of people, supplies, and inclement weather all made homesteading life incredibly difficult— but the completion of what in 1869 made the situation a little bit easier?



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