The Homestead Act and Homesteaders finding solutions

Civil war

Aims of the homestead act

Limitations

Consequences

Requirements

Lack of timber (not many trees on the plains)

Lack of water

Hard, arid land (crops wouldn't grow)

Natural disasters (prairie fires and pests destroyed crops)

Land holdings were too small

Disease and lack of medical care (people were often ill)

Lack of education 

Isolation