Goverment policy 1862-77
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- Government action 1862-76
- American Civil War 1861-65
- North v South
- Against slavery
- For slavery
- 1861: President Lincoln (against slavery) elected
- South attacked North
- Regular army from West withdrawn to fight
- Increased migration West due to soldiers telling of good land
- Increased lawlessness, civilian groups untrained
- Indians attack more freely
- North v South
- End of Civil War 1865
- 12 April 1865, Confederates (S) surrundered
- Reconstruction of South needed
- Fresh start wanted: increased migration West
- Dealing with Confederate soldiers
- Fresh start wanted: increased migration West
- 3.5 million former slaves
- Army returned to west
- Decreased lawlessness and Indian attacks
- 1862 Homestead Act
- 160 acres of free land from government
- Had to be lived on and farmed for 5 years
- Those who hadn't fought against United States
- Europeans qualified to make claim
- Increased migration West
- Increased lawlessness
- 160 acres of free land from government
- 1866 Southern Homestead Act
- Designed to help poor tenant farmers and sharecroppers in South
- Only freed slaves and whites who hadn't fought against Union
- Migration and immigration decreases- couldn't make claims
- Theft of land increase due to wasted journeys
- Sold land in South cheaply
- 1873 Timber Culture Act
- Additional 160 acres free land
- 40 acres had to be planted with trees
- Increased migration
- Land available unsuitable due to rainfall and soil
- Didn't have to live on land
- Cattle ranchers claimed land under cowboy's names
- Cattle eat grass, buffalo numbers decrease
- Cattle ranchers claimed land under cowboy's names
- Additional 160 acres free land
- 1877 Desert Land Act
- Additional 640 acres of land available to buy cheaply.
- $1.25 per acre
- Increased settlement of West
- Where low rainfall was a problem
- Farmers failing
- Additional 640 acres of land available to buy cheaply.
- American Civil War 1861-65
- 1861: President Lincoln (against slavery) elected
- South attacked North
- Consequences
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