A corduroy road<span> or </span>log road<span> is a type of </span>road made by placing logs<span>, perpendicular to the direction of the </span>road<span> over a low or swampy area. The result is an improvement over impassable mud or dirt </span>roads<span>, yet rough in the best of conditions and a hazard to horses due to shifting loose </span>logs<span>.</span>
Signed into law<span> by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, </span>1862<span>, the </span>Homestead Act<span> encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land.</span>
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They worried because they were afraid of the Soviets. The missile gap was a false belief that the Soviets had many many more missiles than the US and that if they decided to attack it from far away it would win easily. It turned out in the end that it was fake and that the Soviets actually had fewer ballistic missiles than the US.