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push-pull factors
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events and conditions that either force people to move elsewhere or strongly attract them to do so
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Pacific Railway Act
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act in which the government gave large land grants to the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads.
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Morrill Land Grant Act
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act that gave state governments millions of acres of western lands, which the states could then sell to raise money for the creation of "land grant" colleges.
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land speculator
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people who bought up large areas of land in the hope of selling it later for a profit.
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Homestead Act
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act in which settlers got 160 acres of land for a small fee, if they could meet certain requirements.
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exoduster
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An African Americans that moved west to flee from violence and exploitation were often called this.
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