Examples of 'homestead act' in a sentence

Meaning of "homestead act"

homestead act - The Homestead Act was a U.S. federal law enacted in 1862 that granted settlers the right to acquire a plot of land, typically up to 160 acres, in the western territories. This act aimed to encourage westward migration and enable settlers to establish farms and build homes on the land they acquired

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Using the Homestead Act he petitioned the government and managed to acquire the land.
This concept has been compared to that of the Homestead Act.
The Homestead Act is a short film about erosion and the aesthetic possibilities of decay.
The land was made available under the Homestead Act.
The Homestead Act was also passed under his watch.
She never finished her presentation on the Homestead Act.
The Homestead Act placed land in the hands of families.
There is a marvelous new piece of legislation called the Homestead Act.
The Homestead Act offered fertile land for low prices.
How this repeal is moving even faster than the Homestead Act of.
The first claim under the Homestead Act is made for a farm in Nebraska.
You are taking advantage of the Homestead Act.
The Homestead Act did not have that effect.
Less than two months earlier he signed the Homestead Act encouraging western settlement.
The Homestead Act made their relocation possible.

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The push for what becomes the Homestead Act.
To be clear the Homestead act involves voluntary participation in the program, correct?
These American businesses will lend direct support as the new Homestead Act moves through Congress.
To be clear, the Homestead Act involves voluntary participation.
Not a law . You are talking about the Homestead Act.
He helped secure passage of the 1862 Homestead Act and called for the abolition of slavery.
Kennecott claims rights to file a mining claim in accordance with the Stock-Raising Homestead Act of 1916.
Some were motivated by the Homestead Act of 1862, which offered free land from the government.
Could we just wait until he 's done with the homestead act chapter?
President Lincoln 's Homestead Act was passed in 1862 and lands there were taken.
You're talking about the Homestead Act.
The Homestead Act of 1862 provided settlement opportunities for people of modest means.
Evans, thus, deserves the title of " Father of the Homestead Act.
The 1862 Homestead Act opened up the public domain lands for free.
Many people were attracted to agriculture because of the Homestead Act of 1862.
The Homestead Act was passed in 1862 after the opposing Southern states had seceded.
Fast settlement of the West starts with the death of the Homestead Act in 1862.
The revised Homestead Act of the early 1900s greatly affected the settlement of Montana.
The greed of Americans for money and land was rejuvenated with the Homestead Act of 1862.
The Homestead Act in 1862 offered acres to anyone willing to brave the Western frontier.
MacDonald 's national policy and the Homestead Act had a noticeable impact on this area by 1908.
I know what you're doing, Seccombe. You're taking advantage of the Homestead Act.
The federal Homestead Act of 1862 was made and signed by Abraham Lincoln.

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