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21 October, 00:48

Explain the motivations behind and effects of the Homestead Acts.

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  1. 21 October, 02:38
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    The motivations behind and effects of the Homestead Acts.

    President Abraham Lincoln's was the initiative of the homestead acts on may 20, 1862. he granted to the america 160 acres plots of the public land for the price of a small filling fees to the land.

    The civil era act is one of the most important prices of the legislation of united states. It is accelerated the settlement of the US in the western territory by allowing any american including free slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 acres of the federal lands.

    Native america are forced their lands and into reservation to make a home for homesteaders. during the civil war, that any adult citizen, who had never borne arms against the Unites states government.
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