What did the Homestead Act do?

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Paul Latzelsperger · Answer 1 · 2019-06-09T04:27:01+0000

The Homestead Act opened up settlement in the western United States, allowing any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land.

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