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Who could apply for homestead land under the Homestead Act?
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- Adult citizens and people planning to become citizens
What kind of government policy was the Homestead Act?
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- A policy that used public land to encourage settlement
Why was life on a homestead often difficult?
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- Settlers had to build homes and farms from the beginning
How did many homesteaders use their land?
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- They grew crops and raised animals
What did settlers need to do before they could fully own homestead land?
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- Live on and improve the land
What was a homesteader?
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- A person who claimed land and worked to make it a home or farm
How did the Homestead Act affect movement across the United States?
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- It encouraged more people to move west
How much public land could many settlers claim under the Homestead Act?
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- Up to 160 acres
Who signed the Homestead Act into law?
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- Abraham Lincoln
In what year was the Homestead Act passed?
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- 1862
What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act?
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- To help settlers get land in the West
Which idiom or phrase means to wait in an orderly row for your turn?
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- stand in line
What does the idiom or phrase try again mean?
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- to make another attempt
In classroom English, what does the phrase listen carefully mean?
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- to pay close attention while listening
In classroom English, what does the phrase work together mean?
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- to cooperate with others
Which idiom or phrase means to say words in a way that is easy to hear and understand?
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- speak clearly
Which sentence uses write neatly correctly?
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- During group work, we should write neatly.
Which option is a common classroom phrase about reading words so others can hear them?
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- read aloud
Choose the best idiom or phrase to complete the sentence:
You finished your homework after dinner; __________.
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- better late than never
Which idiom or phrase means listening carefully?
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- all ears