Frontier Challenges

Which problems did homesteaders often face on the frontier?

• Bad weather, loneliness, hard soil, and lack of supplies
• Too many free stores and easy roads
• No need to build homes or farms
• Only problems with ocean storms

Why was life on a homestead often difficult?

• Settlers had to build homes and farms from the beginning
• Settlers were not allowed to work
• Every homestead already had a large city
• The land came with free servants