Bibliograph

Homesteading and settling the frontier, Alison Morretta

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Homesteading and settling the frontier, Alison Morretta

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Homesteading and settling the frontier

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Alison Morretta

Series statement

Primary sources of westward expansion series

Summary

The Homestead Act was passed in 1862, when states that had seceded from the Union could no longer block it in congress. The act opened land in the west for all Americans, including freed slaves, granting 160 acres to settlers under the condition that they farm it for five years. The result was that 1.6 million claims, covering 420,000 square miles, were granted, making residents of millions of people in the land west of the Mississippi River.{uFEFF} This book richly explores this fascinating part of history

Target audience

juvenile

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