The Consequences Of The Homestead Act Of 1862

One of the acts the federal government put in place to populate or pull people from the east to the western half of the country in the mid to late 1800’s was the Homestead Act of 1862. This act consisted of giving 160 acres of land free to any family who promised to work on it for five years, this act just like the other two, caused an agricultural development. The Homestead Act of 1862 made possible the living of small farm families and it permitted the augment of a society of independent farmers. This affected the population because even though these lands provided for those families, consequences later started rising. The weather was a huge factor in these consequences, usually in those lands barely rain, because of this and the lack of