RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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providing each state with federal land to build a public college
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granting land for the construction of a transcontinental railroad
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providing federal lands for settlers and to build colleges
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forcing American Indians from east of the Mississippi onto government reservations
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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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Congress passed the Homestead Act of 1862 to encourage settlers to “go west, ” claim land, and create a homestead. The same year, Congress passed the Pacific Railway Act to authorize government bonds and land grants to corporations (rather than states) that would develop and build railroads across western lands.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -What did the Morrill Land-Grant Act and the Homestead Act have in common? They provided ways for settlers to acquire western lands.