Homestead Act True or False

1. Which phrase fits the blank in the following: "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person who is __________, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, or who shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such, as required by the naturalization laws of the United States, and who has never borne arms against the United States Government or given aid and comfort to its enemies, shall, from and after the first January, eighteen hundred and. sixty-three, be entitled to enter one quarter section or a less quantity of unappropriated public lands[…]"? (Section 1) -> the head of a family
2. Which quote best describes equality in the Homestead Act? -> "[…]and that the registers and receivers of the several land offices shall be entitled to receive the same compensation for any lands entered under the provisions of this act that they are now entitled to receive when the same quantity of land is entered with money[…]" (Section 6)
3. Which phrase is missing from: "And be it further enacted, That if, at any time after the filing of the affidavit, as required in the second section of this act, and before the expiration of the five years aforesaid, it shall be proven, after due notice to the settler, to the satisfaction of the register of the land office, that the person having filed such affidavit shall have actually changed his or her residence, or abandoned the said land for more than six months at any time, then and in that event the land so entered___________."? (Section 6) -> shall revert to the government
4. Which of the following best fills in the blank? "Provided, That any person owning and residing on land may, under the provisions of this act, enter other land lying contiguous to his or her said land, which shall not, with the land so already owned and occupied, exceed in the aggregate ________________." (Section 1) -> one quarter section
5. Which quote best describes perseverance in the Homestead Act? -> "[…]Provided, however, That no certificate shall be given or patent issued therefor until the expiration of five years from the date of such entry[…]" (Section 2)

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