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Mind Map by livmills97, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by livmills97
about 10 years ago
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The Homestead Act (1862)
- The government would give 160 acres of free land
provided you live and farm on it for 5 years, could
have brought the land after 6 months if wanted.
- Timber Culture Act (1873)
- Offered 160 extra acres free if
you planted trees on 40 acres,
later reduced to 10 acres.
- Offered 160 extra acres free if
you planted trees on 40 acres,
later reduced to 10 acres.
- Problems with the
Homestead Act
- Not enough land to
make a profit.
- Land speculators
asked employee's to
acquire land, often
reselling at higher
prices.
- Some land was
less fertile.
- Not enough land to
make a profit.
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