Homestead Act Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Homestead Act? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Which president had a strong hand in getting the Homestead Act enacted into law?
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Van Buren
Thomas Whitmore
Q. Who was the first (read: overeager) homesteader?
Kenneth Deardorff
Horace Greeley
Daniel Freeman
Joseph Donnelly
Q. Who popularized "Go West, young man"?
Kenneth Deardorff
Horace Greeley
President Lincoln
The Village People
Q. The National Reform Association, founded by _______, pestered Congress with petitions and lobbying for opening the frontier and getting people out of cities.
Chris Evans
John Henry
George Henry Evans
Henry Wilson
Q. Where was Ken Deardorff’s homestead?
Mare Frigoris, Moon
Stony River, Alaska
Baltimore, Maryland
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma