may 20, 1862 - Homestead Act
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Granted western settlers 160 acres of land if they lived and worked on it for five years. It helped to provide economic opportunities to Americans and immigrants.
"Homestead Act (1862)." American History, ABC-CLIO, 2017, americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/254419. Accessed 24 Oct. 2017.
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