WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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The government passed this in 1862 to encourage people to settle the Great Plains/midwest area of the U.S. by offering land to any citizen who claimed it for a small fee and a promise to live there and farm it for five years.
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14th Amendment
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Dawes Act
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Homestead Act
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Emancipation Proclamation
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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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