1. Who owned much of the western land near prime transportation routes? (1 point)
Exodusters
"land-grant" colleges
railroads
land speculators
2. Which of the following did not sell land to settlers? (1 point)
bankers
"land-grant" colleges
railroads
speculators
3. What was one key requirement that applicants had to meet to receive land under the Homestead Act? (1 point)
live on the land all year long
farm the land for five years in a row
file a claim with a bank
wheel portable cabins from plot to plot
4. What was a major incentive in the settling of the West? (1 point)
the legal, private ownership of land
the award of large land grants to the railroads
the desire to limit slavery
the refuge offered for outlaws and the oppressed
5. What were the Exodusters trying to escape from? (1 point)
unfair land taxes
Confederate prisons
racial violence
the eight-hour day
6. What drew many new immigrants to the West? (1 point)
the opportunity to learn new languages
the climate on the plains
"land-grant" colleges
cheap land and new jobs
Exodusters
"land-grant" colleges
railroads
land speculators
2. Which of the following did not sell land to settlers? (1 point)
bankers
"land-grant" colleges
railroads
speculators
3. What was one key requirement that applicants had to meet to receive land under the Homestead Act? (1 point)
live on the land all year long
farm the land for five years in a row
file a claim with a bank
wheel portable cabins from plot to plot
4. What was a major incentive in the settling of the West? (1 point)
the legal, private ownership of land
the award of large land grants to the railroads
the desire to limit slavery
the refuge offered for outlaws and the oppressed
5. What were the Exodusters trying to escape from? (1 point)
unfair land taxes
Confederate prisons
racial violence
the eight-hour day
6. What drew many new immigrants to the West? (1 point)
the opportunity to learn new languages
the climate on the plains
"land-grant" colleges
cheap land and new jobs