The Homestead Act.
land grants and loans
Transportation land grants and loans
Compromise of 1877
They did, and provided them with generous land grants. Texas however was a part of Mexico, and it was Americans who were invited to Texas.
Most if not all the generous land grants provided by the US government to the railroad industry were loans not gifts. By 1898, the US government was repaid $63 million in principal and $104 million in interest.
Many of the Spanish and Mexican land grants were simply ignored by both the new settlers and by the courts. Others remain intact and in effect even today. There were about 80,000 Mexican citizens in the ceeded lands who became US Citizens after one year.
One of the things that the government did was to provide protection against Indians. The government also provided large land grants for the railroads.
The land grants from the government enabled people to maintain more land, which brought them more wealth.
Where land grants given at the pan american conference of 1928
One thing the government did to facilitate the expansion of the railroads was by giving land grants to railroad companies. The government also provided loans.
--Paulette.<3
D morrill act