Lesson5BuildingaNewState,1878-1914.pptVIP

The end of mass migration to ND ____ and ________ brought an end to forty years of mass migration from Europe to the United States. Great Northern President, William Kenney, noted in 1934: “The era of Great Northern colonization in North Dakota and elsewhere, had come to an end.” Out migration vs. Big Oil in ND. Is it really the end??? Lesson 5Building a New State, 1878-1914 Northern Pacific Railroad Depot - 1899 Preparing the expand access to the nation Homestead Act (Signed by Lincoln in 1862) Offered ____ acres of land free to any citizen or intended citizen 18 years or older who had not ______ against the U.S. and was the head of the household (made the public domain available to the people). Claimants were required to ________ the land and maintain a residence for at least six months our of the year. 600,000 families took advantage of the government’s offer. The Pacific Railroad Acts (Signed by Lincoln in1862) This act provided __________ support for the building of the first transcontinental railroad (land and bonds $16,000 - $48,000 per mile) The railroad companies received up to 12,800 acres per mile of trace laid. Railroads received a total of about 170 million acres of land worth $? billion. The Transcontinental Railroad It was the project of ________ companies: the Union Pacific (given 11.4 million acres) built from the east, and the Central Pacific (given 7.9 million acres) built from the west. Construction started in 1863 and was completed on May 10, 1869. Today the railroads continue to hold millions of acres of land (Price ????). First Transcontinental Railroad completed in 1869 The Dakota Boom and Railroads (1870 – 1880s) As the __________ Railroad expanded West and North, it created the “Dakota Boom”. The _____________ Railway was approved in 1864 and given 38.6 million acres of land grants which was used to raise money for construction. Construction began in 1870 and it reached Fargo in 1872, and reached the shores of the Missouri River at ___