RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
HOMESTEAD ACT
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Question
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Who signed the Homestead Act?
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Federal government
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Abraham Lincoln
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Andrew Johnson
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862. On January 1, 1863, Daniel Freeman made the first claim under the Act, which gave citizens or future citizens up to 160 acres of public land provided they live on it, improve it, and pay a small registration fee.
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