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What did people have to do to get land through the homestead act?
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∙ 13y ago
Those wishing to procure land from the Federal Government were required to file an application with the Federal Land Office in the territory in which they were currently living.
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∙ 10y agoThey had to farm the land for five years in a row.
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What people were called who settled land under the homestead act?
Homesteaders
The homestead act assumed that public land should be administered in such a way as to?
promote frontier settlement.-Tom Conard
Why did many African-Americans look to go West after the civil War?
They were forced to do so. At the time, most African-Americans were still slaves. As a result, they had to move to the west because their owners were moving to the west.
What factors led to the massive increase in Anglo-European settlement of the Far West after the Civil War?
The homestead Act came into effect that granted people an escape from the big city, and they also got land at a very cheap price
What 1862 law helped settlers buy cheap land beside western railroads?
The homestead act of 1862. It provided 160 acres of land to anyone who who would pay only $5 on return.
Where did the US get the land it offered people through the Homestead Act?
the native americans
Who People who wanted free land through the Homestead Act needed to?
be able to build a house and farm.
How did many western setters get their land?
through the Homestead Act.
Settler who claimed land through the homestead act?
Homesteaders
Which 1862 act gave large tracts of land to people that were willing to move?
Homestead Act of 1862.
Why did many black migrate to the great plains area?
The Homestead Act offered them free land.
What was on reason freed slaves migrated to western territories?
free land under the homestead act
How did the homestead act prompt a lot of people to head westward?
homestead act was giving away land in the west for little to no money so it encourged people to head west
What act gave free public land out west encourage settlement?
the homestead act
What act gave large tracts of land to people who were willing to move.?
Homestead Act
What people were called who settled land under the homestead act?
Homesteaders
What is the Homstead Act?
the homestead act was an act passed to give people 160 free acres of land.
