Last updated: March 19, 2024
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Homestead Virtual Ranger Online Activity
While you can earn your Junior Ranger badge on your visit to Homestead National Historical Park, we have also put together an opportunity for you to become a Homestead National Historical Park Virtual Ranger.
Using the pages of our website, you can complete the quiz below to earn your Virtual Ranger badge! When you finish, download and print your badge to add to your collection!
To reveal the answers below, slide over the question when you are ready.
What year was the Homestead Act signed into law?
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Question: What year was the Homestead Act signed into law?
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Answer: slide to reveal
How many miles would a homesteader walk to plow 10 acres of land?
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Question: How many miles would a homesteader walk to plow 10 acres of land?
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Answer: slide to reveal
What hand tool was used for threshing grain?
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Question: What hand tool was used for threshing grain?
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Answer: Slide to reveal
What animal am I?
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Answer: slide to reveal
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Question: I defend myself by spraying an unnatural odor and have a stripe on my back. Who am I?
How many years were you required to live on your Homestead?
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Question: How many years were you required to live on your Homestead?
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Answer: Slide to reveal
Use the information below to answer the question:
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Question: How many days would it take you to travel this distance?
How many states were involved with the Homestead Act?
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Question: how many states were involved with the Homestead Act?
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What year was Homestead National Monument of America established?
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Answer: slide to reveal
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Question: What year was Homestead National Historical Park established?
All done? Find a ranger to check your answers!
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Ranger Congratulations
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Slide to reveal
A few ideas for displaying your badge:
Print your badge, use it as a template to cut a piece of cardboard matching the shape, and then glue the paper and a pin onto the cardboard!
Use tape to secure it into your passport or scrapbook!
Set it as your background on a phone or tablet!