Plain farmers
Under the act, for a small fee settlers could have 160 acres of land-- a quarter-mile square-- if they met certain conditions:
*They were at least 21 years old or the heads of the families.
*They were American citizens or immigrants filing for citizenship.
*They built a house of certain minimum size (usually 12 feet by 14 feet) on their claims and lived in it at least six months a year.
*Finally, they had to farm the land for five years in a row before claiming ownership.
Anyone with ten dollars
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Plains farmers were the group likely to have received land provided under the Homestead Act.
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plains farmers
Plains farmers were the group likely to have received land provided under the Homestead Act.
plain farmers
Plains farmers
Plain Farmers
plains farmers~apex
Plains farmers
Plains farmers were the group likely to have received land provided under the Homestead Act.
The Homestead Act offered them free land.
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free land under the homestead act
the homestead act
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