Question

In your opinion, did the homestead act of 1862 contribute to the onset of the civil war

Answer 1

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.