RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
HOMESTEAD ACT
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Question
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What was the overall purpose of the Homestead Act?
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Encourage people to migrate westward
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To spread people out more
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To keep people in the same place
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To make everyone leave
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
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