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DBQ Westward Expansion
Analyze the extent to which western expansion…
DBQ Westward Expansion
Analyze the extent to which western expansion affected the lives of Native Americans during the period
1860–90 and evaluate the role of the federal government in those effects.
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Environmental Factors
The Homestead Act
The Homestead Act
What It Was
Signed into law in May 1862, the Homestead Act opened up settlement in the western United States.
Allowed any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land.
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Fair Chance
It was one of the most significant and enduring events in the westward expansion of the United States. By granting 160 acres of free land to claimants, it allowed nearly any man or woman a "fair chance.
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