WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction.
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Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to private property through homesteading.
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Speculators bought large parcels of land and then built factory towns to attract new immigrants.
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Native Americans sold most of their tribal lands directly to railroad companies.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: The Homestead Act of 1862 by President Lincoln, allowed people to claim up to 160 acres of public land for a small fee and convert it to private property through homesteading provided they stay on the land and take care of it for 5 years.
Detailed explanation-2: -European immigrants flooded onto the Great Plains, seeking political or religious freedom, or simply to escape poverty in their own country. Younger sons from the eastern seaboard-where the population was growing and land was becoming more expensive-went because it was a chance to own their own land.
Detailed explanation-3: -Detail the rapid settlement of the Great Plains due to homesteading. The Homestead Act was passed; it was offering 160 acres of land free to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household. It was successful because 600, 000 people took the offer.
Detailed explanation-4: -1st : new technologies such as canals and railroads made it easier for individuals to travel. 2nd : the federal government passed laws that enticed individuals and business to develop the West.
Detailed explanation-5: -Pamphlets and posters spread the news across Europe and America that cheap land could be claimed by anyone willing to move. In 1862 the government encouraged settlement on the Great Plains by passing the Homestead Act.