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Requirements of the Homestead Act?
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Settlers had to be 21 years of age.
- Settlers had to be head of a household. - Settlers had to pay a $10 filing fee and $2 commission to the land agent to be given 160 acres of land. - To gain title of the land, settlers had to live on it for 5 years, and make improvements such as building a house and clearing land for farming. - Alternatively, settlers could buy the land for $1.25 per acre after six months. |
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Great Plains
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Large area of land in the USA with fertile land
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Stephen Long
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General who explored the Midwest in 1819 and claimed it to be the "Great American Desert".
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Homestead Act
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Where settlers can buy land for $10 and a $2 commission fee for 160 acres.
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Homestead
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A tract of public land available for settlement
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Dry Farming
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Planting crops deep into the ground during dry seasons to get ground water to supply the crops
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Sodbusters
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People who busted the sod
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Wheat Belt
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Edge of the great plains; The Dakotas, Kansas, and Nebraska.
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Bonanza Farms
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Farms with 50,000 acres of wheat.
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April 22, 1889
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The government opened the last area of
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