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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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Was the homestead act a push or a pull factor in the peoples decision to move onto the Plains?

It was a bit of both.


People willing to settle the plains were given 160?

homestead act


People willing to settle the plains were given 160 acres as a result of the?

Homestead Act


Which law encouraged many people to establish farms on the Great Plains?

homestead act


What government act provides an incentive for people to farm the great plains?

what government act provided an incentive for people to farm the great plains


Who was likely to receive land provided by the Homestead Act.?

plains farmers~apex


Which group was likely to have received land under the homestead act?

plains farmers


How did the homestead act encourage freed African Americans to move to the great plains?

How did the homestead act encourage freed African Americans to move to the great Plains


Which group was 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.


Homestead Act of 1862 encourage settlement of the great plains?

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.


Why was the homestead necessary?

Few settlers had moved to the Great Plains.


Why did the US government encourage settlement on the Great Plains?

Why did the US government encourage settlement on the Great Plains?