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 yearѕ.
Yes as that is why the name “the American dream” became a thing due to so much lack of jobs and opportunity in their country forcing then to migrate and find a way to earn a living
