Under the Homestead Act of 1862, over 1.6 million individuals and families were able to claim and receive up to 160 acres of land to settle and farm in the western United States. Typically, homesteaders were required to improve the land, live on it for at least five years, and pay a small registration fee in order to obtain ownership of the land.
The Homestead Act of 1862 offered homesteaders 160 acres of land to claim and develop.
The Homestead Act of 1862 provided settlers with 160 acres of land if they agreed to live on and improve the land for five years. This act aimed to encourage westward expansion and settlement of the frontier in the United States.
The Homestead Act of 1862 provided farm plots of 160 acres to individuals willing to live on and cultivate the land for a period of five years. This legislation aimed to encourage westward expansion and settlement in the United States by granting land to settlers.
One element not included in the Homestead Act was provisions for unmarried women to claim land under the act. The act largely targeted male citizens and did not specifically allow for the granting of land to women who were not married.
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Plains farmers were the group likely to have received land provided under the Homestead Act.
Plains farmers were the group likely to have received land provided under the Homestead Act.
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Plains farmers
plain farmers
The Homestead Act offered 160 acre farm plots for no cost.
The Homestead Act.
The homestead Act
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act of 1909 offered farmers 320 acres of free land. This enticed many people to head West.
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