The Homestead Act was enacted to help reduce poverty and reward persons who did fight on the side of the Confederacy during the Civil War while furthering western expansion.
It was open to any citizen or person wanting to become a citizen that did not fight against the government in the war.
For this act, gender did not matter as long as the person was head of a household or at least 21 years old.
They had to reside on the property for 5 years while improving it, such as clearing it, farming it and putting a proper home on it. They would receive the title at that time once they paid a registration fee. Another way for them to receive the title faster was if they lived on it for 6 months, with minor improvements and paid $1.25 per acre.
There was a lot more to it than that though. The individual had to sign agreements saying they never fought against the United States government, they couldn't owe debt, they had to be able to afford to clear, farm and build on the land for those five years. They then had to find people to sign acknowledgements that those improvements were actually done and the land wasn't abandoned.
Answer: After serving as the commander of U.S. forces in Europe, Dwight D. Eisenhower became the supreme commander of the allied expeditionary force.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's experience, his knowledge of military strategy, persistence, determination, ability to persuade, mediate, and get along with people under his commands, led him to be appointed supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force on December 24, 1943, after having served for more than a year as the commander of U.S. forces in Europe.
Eisenhower was successful in this position, he led several battles of the World War II that contributed to Germany surrender on May 1945.
Its known as a pilgrimage....its one of the laws of being a musim
Self-government is, at root, a culture of public responsibility among a citizenry; that is, a widely accepted norm that citizens can and should take a role in public decision-making. People must believe that they have the right, duty, and ability to govern themselves
