WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Question
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The Homestead Act (1862) encouraged the settlement of the West because it provided
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forty acres of land and a mule to formerly enslaved persons
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land to people who would live on it for at least five years
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mining claims for prospectors seeking gold and silver
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land to companies to build transcontinental railroads
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
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