RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
HOMESTEAD ACT
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Only 13 million acres ‘proved up’ by 1884.
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Only 16% of public land was turned into homesteads.
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300 million acres were given to the Railroad companies. Rich landowners grabbed land by making it easy for workers to file a claim.
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Homestead Act encouraged migration.
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People could sell their land for $1.25 per acre once they had ploughed one acre and lived there for 6 months.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Passed on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting adult heads of families 160 acres of surveyed public land for a minimal filing fee and five years of continuous residence on that land.
Detailed explanation-2: -To help develop the American West and spur economic growth, Congress passed the Homestead Act of 1862, which provided 160 acres of federal land to anyone who agreed to farm the land. The act distributed millions of acres of western land to individual settlers.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1862 congress passed the homestead act offering 160 acres of free land to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household. African Americans who moved from post reconstruction South to Kansas.