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Homestead Act True or False

1. Which president had a strong hand in getting the Homestead Act enacted into law? -> Abraham Lincoln
2. Who was the first (read: overeager) homesteader? -> Daniel Freeman
3. Who popularized "Go West, young man"? -> Horace Greeley
4. The National Reform Association, founded by _______, pestered Congress with petitions and lobbying for opening the frontier and getting people out of cities. -> George Henry Evans
5. Where was Ken Deardorff’s homestead? -> Mare Frigoris, Moon

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