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    With the Homestead act, people could claim their own land if they only lived there for five years and payed a small fee. The prairies had good weather in the 1870s, making for easy farming. Many people found farming profitable with the use of mechanized harvesting tools that sped up the process. All of these elements made for cheaper living. With about ten percent of all the government held property up for grabs, even for freed slaves, lots of people took a chance. Most people felt that the…

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    Women held jobs that consisted of washing, canning, ironing, and cooking for the homestead. They also did their best to help the men bring in income by selling milk, butter, or eggs from their homesteads. As families moved out West, so did their problems and alcoholism in men was one of them. Men and alcohol usually created strife and conflict within the household due to an increase in violence…

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    their new country's culture, language, and values. Then most immigrants begin to assimilate. Once they assimilated they would usually remain permanently in the new country.” (Bryant) Some of the opportunities that attracted immigrants included the Homestead Act, and a demand for…

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    president based on facts and his actions during his terms as president, rather than just me saying he was because he was/is my childhood hero. He is our country 's greatest president because he helped pass the thirteenth amendment, he passed the homestead act and approved the transcontinental railroad, and he…

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    Pioneer Living Conditions

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    Condition in Nineteenth Century Nebraska In Nebraska pioneers living condition was very difficult during the nineteenth century. Water was one of the first considerations in selecting homestead in Nebraska. Early settlers first established claims near streams and rivers to take advantage of surface water. But these homesteads were quickly claimed, and so later settlers would have to go to new depths to find water. That means digging well. Often a new settler would dig a test well on a…

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    Sometimes the actions were subtle, sometimes blatant. The Homestead Act was helpful to white settlers. It stated that a citizen could claim a 160 acre plot of land for FREE, so long as they live there for five years and set up some amenities. It seemed great; free land, right? Nope. That land came from someone, and…

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    On May, 20,1862 the Homestead Act encouraged western migration, providing settlers 160 acres of public land(History.comStaff). By the end of the Civil War, 15,000 homestead claims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years. Farmers continued to ruin more than 35,000,000 acres of land. The Kinkaid Act was made in 1904 is a U.S. statute that amended the 1862 Homestead Act (History.comStaff).So that one section of public domain land could…

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    Reconstruction Era Amendments that were added to the constitution after the civil war. The 13th abolished slavery; the 14th granted citizenship to those born in the United States, and the 15th gave the right for people of color to vote. Finally, The Homestead Act of 1862 gave a majority of everyone in the United States an opportunity to call themselves landowners. So, did the American Civil War change America? The Civil War gave strength to the government, United everyone nationally, and gave…

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    cities…. America has always rightfully been called the “land of opportunity,” and never in its history has that title been more appropriate than during the homesteading era. Agriculture in America was largely expanded and revolutionized by the Homestead Act. While the western lands on which many homesteaded were often bleak and dry, many of them were fit for the production of crops that otherwise would never have been grown in the United States. Corn, wheat and milo certainly would not…

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    fairly large, stockade settlements of several dozen adults. Today, lone homesteads inhabited by a couple or even by lone women are not uncommon. Today few settlements contain more than four or five married couples and most are homesteads of one family and its children. Additionally, the Kaguru describe any settlement as a Kaya, which means both settlement and home. It can refer to a cluster of houses or to a single homestead. Kaguru settlements often appear to contain far more persons than they…

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