Homestead Act
The Homestead Act of 1862 was one of three public-land acts advocated by the Republican Party and passed during the Civil War. Like the other two, the Land Grant Act and the Pacific Rail...
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Homestead Act of 1862
Enacted by U.S. Congress, May 20, 1862
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An act to secure homesteads to settlers in the West
"Upon filing the said affidavit with the...
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Homestead Act (1862)
The Homestead Act was signed into law in 1862. It was a legislative offer on a vast scale of free homesteads on unappropriated public lands. Any citizen (or alien who filed a de...
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Homestead Act
Homestead Act of 1862
Homestead Act (1862)