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Was, the Homestead Act a good deal for the people who took advantage of it?

Please explain why it was or why it was not​

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Answer:The Homestead Act allowed African Americans, persecuted and famine-struck immigrants, and even women a chance to seek freedom and a better life in the West. ... And ironically, in the search for freedom, homesteaders – and speculators – encroached on Native American territory, frequently in aggressive and bloody fashion.

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