RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
HOMESTEAD ACT
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Question
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Sod houses would typically last longer than houses made out of other materials.
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Sod houses cost little to build because sod was widely available.
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Sod houses were more fashionable than other types of buildings
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Sod houses were better suited for cold weather than other buildings.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did many settlers build houses made out of sod? Sod houses would typically last longer than houses made out of other materials. Sod houses cost little to build because sod was widely available. Sod houses were better suited for cold weather than other buildings.
Detailed explanation-2: -European immigrants flooded onto the Great Plains, seeking political or religious freedom, or simply to escape poverty in their own country. Younger sons from the eastern seaboard-where the population was growing and land was becoming more expensive-went because it was a chance to own their own land.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Plains were hard to live on. Many of the newcomers were used to living in villages and then walking or riding out to their fields to farm. But the Homestead Act required those claiming the land to live on it, and the act forced settlers to farm the land in 160-acre plots.
Detailed explanation-4: -The frontier settlers faced extreme hardships-droughts, floods, fires, blizzards, locust plagues, and occasional raids by outlaws and Native Americans.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Homestead Act encouraged western migration by providing settlers with 160 acres of land in exchange for a nominal filing fee. Among its provisions was a five-year requirement of continuous residence before receiving the title to the land and the settlers had to be, or in the process of becoming, U.S. citizens.