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.
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The invasion of Poland marked the start of World War 2. Britain and France were not convinced that it was a defensive war and it all began world war 2. Poland was also divided between the USSR and Germany so the Western Allies saw that their tactic of starving Germany of resources would be impossible since the USSR continued to supply the Germans at that stage of the war. New tactics and technology were tested in Poland and those same tactics will later be even more developed against France.
Yes, Portugal was the first nation to find an all-water route to the East
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<em><u>President Andrew Jackson</u></em> was against the Maysville Road Bill.
Explanation:
Jackson vetoed it because he didn't like Clay, and Martin Van Buren pointed out that New York and Pennsylvania paid for their transportation improvements with state money. He was against it.
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The correct answer is A) The Spanish government sent mainly soldiers and priests, while Anglos sent families to farm there.
The statement that accurately contrasts Spanish and Anglo methods of settlement in Texas is "The Spanish government sent mainly soldiers and priests, while Anglos sent families to farm there."
The faraway distance to the capital of New Spain -modern-day México City- made it difficult for Spaniards to send people to inhabit the Texas territories. The government only sent troops to Texas. On the other hand, Anglo people sent entire families that had a more entrepreneurship mentality to farm the land, grow crops, sell them, and make a profit. These families arrived to stay and start a new life and they were totally committed to being successful in the endeavor.
