I think it happened because president Hayes had a bad reputation at that time and the idea was, the congress should be stronger to "look at his hands".
The homestead act was a "law" more rule. and it gave any one the right to own land if they could live on it for a period of time without dieing.
it let settlers into native lands, you can imagein how that impacted native americans.
Written Laws are more valuable than spoken laws because you have it written, you have it on paper,. You that persons writing and if anyone goes against it you have it on paper, not the witness of that person saying it. You have proof.
