Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act<span> encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. This was meant to help out Americans while the government was still generating a steady income from the land.
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The war which occurred in the mid-1800s that weakened the economy of the Ottoman Empire was the Russo-Turkish War, led by the Turks on one side, and Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro on the other.
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I believe the answer might be B providing food for its people
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He was the leader of the Sioux who defeated Gen. Custer at Wounded Knee