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Take Our Quiz Test your knowledge about life during the westward expansion. When you are done with a specific question, simply click on your answer to see if you were right or not. (Hint: look around our site to help you) 1. On what date was the Homestead Act passed? -The Fourth of July, 1864 2. Was the Donner Party -A group of 87 immigrants moving to California
that were trapped in a blizzard and resorted to cannibalism. -Rifle
5. The Homestead act allowed land to be sold at $2.50 per acre. 6. The Pioneers often had to leave valuable things behind. 7. Who did the pioneers feel were the biggest threat to them? -Mexicans 8. At what age did girls first learn to spin in order to make clothing? 9. Salt was very rare and expensive during the pioneer time period, and most families needed it. Which state had so many salt springs considered so valuable that they were reserved by the National Government to prevent anyone from forming a monopoly? -Louisiana 10. What were the major hardships that faced American Pioneers? -lack of food
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