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    Homestead Act

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    STATEMENT The Homestead Act of 1862 made surveyed lands obtainable to homesteaders. The act stated that men and women over the age of 21‚ unmarried women who were head of households and married men under the age of 21‚ who did not own over 160 acres of land anywhere‚ were citizens or intended on becoming citizens of the United States‚ were eligible to homestead. This paper will show how the Homestead Act came to be enacted‚ who the homesteaders were and the effects of the Homestead Act on the pioneers

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    The Homestead Act

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    |The Homestead Act 1862 | |The first Homestead Act was passed in 1841. The terms of this act allowed people to purchase 160 acres of Plains land at a very small price. | | | |In a bid to encourage more people

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    The Homestead Act

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    that the intent of the Homestead Act was to defeat land monopoly. Many farmers‚ however‚ lacked the economic means to move west and manage a farm. . By this‚ fewer still understood the new type of agriculture‚ in which technology was used to farm the land that the Great Plains required. Instead‚ speculators and corporate interests were able to reap in profits‚ and fraud and corruption‚ and often marked the process farmland for transportation (the railroads). The Homestead Act ’s biggest weakness however

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    The Homestead Act (1862): On May 20‚ 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act to provide travelers with 160 acres of public land. In return‚ the settlers would have to live there and improve the land for at least five years. This Act caused distribution of about eighty million acres of land to the public. With this great offer hundreds of people decided to pack their bags and move to the west. Sand Creek Massacre(1864): The Homestead Act persuaded many settlers to move West in hopes

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    The Dawes Act

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    was filming‚ co-starring in the music video‚ writing some of the lyrics that were later added in and also finding information about the Dawes Act. Some of my ideas for this project was the type of clothing we would be wearing for the music video‚ what we should do in the music video and also some scenery shots in the music video were also my idea. The topic‚ Dawes Act‚ really interest us because our group wanted a topic that we could expand on and the information really fit into the melody of the song

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    Dawes Act

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    The Dawes act was passed in 1871. It caused Indian tribes to work for the federal government. The act allotted that Indians would get 40-160 acres of land. In a 25 year trust period‚ if the Indians took care of the land‚ they got to sell it or put it up for lease. However if the didn’t take care of it‚ they still had to pay taxes. I would change the fact that the Indians could sell their land after 5 years‚ and they shouldn’t have to pay taxes. The Indians also shouldn’t have had to farm. The Indians

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    id the homestead Act

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    2. ID the Homestead Act. A.) The government and the white men settlers that were moving west was involved in the homestead act. B.) The outcome of the Homestead Act was that the government legislation increased the size of the tracts available. With their property rights assured‚ more settlers moved to the plains. It was very difficult there. C.) The Homestead Act occurred in 1862. D.) The Homestead Act took place in the Great Plains. 3. Id the Battle of Wounded Knee. A.) The American

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    The Homestead Act of 1892

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    The Homestead Strike of 1892 1. The factions on either side of the strike – a simple disagreement over wages between the nations largest steelmaker and its largest craft union‚ the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. 2. Developments leading up the actual strike – the union fought not just for better wages‚ but a say in america’s new industrial order. Carnegie refused to share control of his company. He and his partner Henry Clay Frick‚ had brought unions to heel at their other

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    Dealing with the Dawes Act‚ was important towards the Native Americans and life itself. The Dawes Act was a succeeding policy by breaking up reservations by granting land allotments to individual Native Americans. The President broke up reservation land that was held in common by the members of the tribe. Native Americans registering a tribal “roll” were granted allotments to be parceled out to individuals. The Dawes Act was purportedly to protect Indian property rights. To begin with‚ the purpose

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    sacrifices for adapting the Dawes Act in 1887. It allowed Native Americans to merge with Americans through U.S. citizenship. It also opened land for settlers to move West‚ but at the same time allotted Native Americans a selective amount of land. Native Americans were required to register with an English name on the Dawes Poll to be considered in the land distribution. The Act is perceived by some that it benefited the American people more than the Native Americans. The Dawes Act was intended to be done

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