Westward Expansion and the Homestead Act | Teaching with Primary Sources

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History-Social Science
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Westward Expansion and the Homestead Act | Teaching with Primary Sources

This inquiry kit features Library of Congress sources relating to the Homestead Act and Westward Expansion.

Thinking Questions

  • Make a list of problems the pioneers faced. Finish this sentence: The hardest part of moving west was _______.
  • What did The Homestead Act offer that made people want to be part of it?
  • Would you want to be a Homestead Act pioneer? Why or why not?
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PBS Learning Media

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