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Mars2501 [29]
4 years ago
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How did the homestead act of 1862 encourage settlement of the great plains?

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Kazeer [188]4 years ago
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Signed into law in May 1862, the Homestead Act opened up settlement in the western United States, allowing any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. By the end of the Civil War, 15,000 homestead claims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years.

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