Homesteaders: Why did so many people want to settle on the Plains?
- Created by: Bethan Jones
- Created on: 20-02-15 14:54
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- WHY DID PEOPLE WANT TO SETTLE ON THE PLAINS?
- Actions of US government
- 1862 Homestead Act
- 160 acres free per family
- Live and farm for 5 years
- 1873 Timer Culture Act
- 160 acres free if they planted 40 acres of trees
- 1877 Desert Land Act
- Buy 640 acres cheaply in areas with little rainfall
- 1862 Homestead Act
- End of American Civil War
- Demobilised soldiers looking to rebuild lives
- Newly freed black slaves looking for new lives
- Trans-continental railroads
- 1860s two companies starting building from east and west
- They met in Utah
- Easy for homesteader to get to Plains
- Railroad companies sold off land either side of line cheaply
- 1860s two companies starting building from east and west
- Actions of US government
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