Lincoln passed the homestead act in 1862.
Lincoln signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862.
On May 20th 1862 President Abraham Lincoln, signed into law the first Homestead Act.
The Homestead act was signed in 1862 by Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act as well as the Railroad Act of 1862.
It was in 1862
The Pacific Railway Act. It was NOT the Homestead act.
The passage of the Homestead Act. This provided incentives for people to take up farming in places such as Oklahoma and the Great Plains in general. This eventually became a problem between white settlers and Native Americans. President Lincoln was very much interested in this plan to have more settlers move westward.
the homestead act
Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 with a platform against slavery in the territories but for tariffs a transcontinental railroad and a Homestead Act.
Why was the enlarge homestead act passed
The area of Lincoln Homestead State Park is 607,028.46336 square meters.