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What deal gave settlers a chance to not only prosper financially but to stake a claim in the land while they still could?

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The homestead act gave settlers a chance to prosper financially as well as receiving land from the government. It was signed by Abe Lincoln on May 20, 1862.

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The Pinckney Treaty gave settlers a chance to not only prosper financially but to stake a claim in the land while they still could.
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