The Homestead law, promulgated by Lincoln that gave land to encourage the arrival of Europeans and thus expand the national borders to the west.
Explanation:
This law established the possibility that any citizen could settle on a plot of land, the conditions were permanent there for a minimum period of five years, not having pushed the weapons against the country and being at least twenty-one years old or being head of household, In addition, the obligation to build a house and work that land. As expected, this opportunity to become an owner at a minimum cost triggered migration figures from Europe; That was the objective, since the previous model of land distribution, the auction, was impractical in raising land prices.
