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The Homestead Act was a law passed by Congress in 1862 that granted 160 acres of federal land to any U.S. citizen. An individual was given ownership of the land for free if that person lived on the land for five years and improved the land by building a home and producing a crop. The 1862 Homestead Act accelerated settlement of U.S. western territory by allowing any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land.
Explanation:
1) Jefferson Davis - President of the Confederacy; <span>from 1861 to 1865.
2) </span><span>"Stonewall"</span> Jackson - killed by one of his own men; accidentally shot by pickets.<span>
3) </span>David Farragut - crossed Confederate lines to capture New Orleans; flag officer<span> of the </span><span>United States Navy.
4) </span>John J. Crittenden - proposed a compromise that was rejected.
5) Andrew Johnson - <span>Lincoln's Vice President for his second term.
6) </span>George B. McClellan - <span>trained his troops thoroughly.
7) </span>Robert Anderson - <span>stationed at Fort Sumter at the beginning of war.
8) </span>Alexander Stephens - <span>Confederate Vice President .
9) </span>General George Meade - <span> met and defeated Robert E. Lee at the battle of Gettysburg.
10) </span>P.G.T. Beauregard - Confederate general at first battle of Bull Run.
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reason for the founding of the colony was as a buffer state and a "garrison province" which would defend the southern British colonies from Spanish Florida.
