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How did the homestead act of 1862 and dawes act impact the settlement of the american west?.

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Land runs allowed the land to be opened to homesteaders on a first-arrival basis. Native American lands decreased significantly under the Dawes Act. Reservation lands went from 138 million acres in 1887 to 48 million acres in 1934! That is a loss of 65 percent, before the Dawes Act was repealed.
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