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no because we have more advanced weaponry then they did back when it was first built
I will assume you mean the Homestead Act of 1862, which was the first and most iconic one. In that case, the requirements were that the homesteader, the one filing the claim, be either the head of the household OR twenty-one years old, they had to live only on the designated land, build a home, improve it, and farm the land for five years, and, finally, they had to be a United States citizen that had never taken up arms against America.
The textile industries and agricultural factories that emerged before the civil war became very impactful in the economic development of South Carolina. The growing of rice, for example, led to most of South Carolina's economic success through the rise of rice milling factories that utilized water power drive pestles. There was also the availability of raw materials and change of attitude towards the development of the industry that led to the growth of these industries in South Carolina. The emergence of these industries further led to urban development and the rise of the population through migrant migration and natural increase due to increased food production. During the civil war, the textile and agricultural factories industry further operated to capacity to supply uniforms and weapons which lead to revenue growth and economic development in South Carolina.
Because through the years there have been Wars and less and less Jews have been converted and those Jews are dying off. So rhe little amount of them are trying to convert people to their religion.