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How did the United States encourage people
to move west? .

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The Indian Removal Act (1830) passed by Jackson and allowed the president to negotiate with Native Americans over land disputes. The homestead act (1862) passed by Lincoln, allowed for people to apply for a federal land grant if they had never taken up arms against the U.S.

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