The Homestead Land Act
the homestead act
The Homestead Act of 1862
It offered 160 acres of free land on the Great Plains to anyone who would farm it.
Homestead Act of 1862.
160 acres of free land to farm
The Homestead Act of 1862 offered homesteaders 160 acres of land to claim and develop.
The Homestead Act of 1862 gave the right to farmers who worked a claim of 160 acres for five years.
The homestead act!
The Homestead Acts offered people 160 acres of free land if they would live on and improve it.
The Homestead act allowed settlers to claim 160 acres of land after they had lived on it for more than 5 years.
Settlers were initially given 160 acres of land under the Homestead Act of 1862.
The Homestead Act
160 acres of free land to farm
the homestead act
160 acres of free land to farm
The Homestead Act of 1862 offered 160 acres of free land to anyone who was willing to live on and cultivate it for five years.
The Homestead Act of 1862 offered people 160 acres of free land if they agreed to live on it, improve it, and farm it for at least five years. This act was designed to encourage westward expansion and settlement of the United States.