The Homestead Act was a push factor in people's decision to move to the Plains because people were paying close to nothing for 160 acres of land.
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plains farmers
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How did the homestead act encourage freed African Americans to move to the great Plains
Why did the US government encourage settlement on the Great Plains?
It was a bit of both.
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Homestead Act
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what government act provided an incentive for people to farm the great plains
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plains farmers
How did the homestead act encourage freed African Americans to move to the great Plains
Plains farmers were the group likely to have received land provided under 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.
Few settlers had moved to the Great Plains.
Why did the US government encourage settlement on the Great Plains?