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Western lands in the U.S. were made available through encouragement from the railroad companies for eastern settlers to move (Montana plots especially through this method),and land grab races (Oklahoma a prime example here). There also were advertisements for land sales once the Oregon trail was established and finding gold/silver/etc mines encouraged more people to find ways to move west.

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How did the U.S. make land available to Western Settlers?

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what was is the purpose of the homestead act?

The Homestead Act of 1862 was meant to encourage settlers to western lands and create farmlands. The US government would allow settlers from the East to claim Federal western lands to farming if they met certain requirements. When these requirements were accomplished, the settlers would have free land from the US government.


How did the U.S. government make lands available to western settler said?

Through conquest and subversion of the native tribes. Technically speaking, they passed the Homestead Act, which gave settlers the right to carve out a plot of land, for free.


What was the purpose of the homestead act 1862?

The Homestead Act of 1862 was meant to encourage settlers to western lands and create farmlands. The US government would allow settlers from the East to claim Federal western lands to farming if they met certain requirements. When these requirements were accomplished, the settlers would have free land from the US government.


What was the purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?

The Homestead Act of 1862 was meant to encourage settlers to western lands and create farmlands. The US government would allow settlers from the East to claim Federal western lands to farming if they met certain requirements. When these requirements were accomplished, the settlers would have free land from the US government.


What allowed settlers to get free western land?

Homestead Act


Western frontier nickname given to settlers who claimed Oklahoma good land in advance?

The Western frontier nickname given to settlers who claimed Oklahoma's good land in advance was the sooners.


How did the US government make available to western settlers?

The 1862 to 1863 US Congress and President Lincoln instituted the Homestead Act. This gave huge advantages to settlers to move west. They received their claimed land practically for free if they followed the rules of the Act. It offered tracts of land in sizes as much as 160 acres if a homesteader built a home, stayed at least 5 years and farmed the land.


Who provided a framework of government for the western lands?

what provided a plan for governing western lands


How did many settlers get their land?

Many western settlers got their land through the Homestead Act of 1862. The act granted land to farmers under certain provisions.


How did western settlers get their land?

They went over to them demanded their thing and therfore they had to do what the had to do.


What allowed settlers to purchase land on credit in the western region of the US?

It was the Land Act of 1800.