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What was the name of the law in which the government gave 160 acre farm to anyone willing to work and improve the land

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The Homestead Act of 1862. According to the Homestead Act, land was given almost free of cost and the only thing the person had to do was develop the land for the farming and build the house on the land.
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Homestead Act was the name of the law in which the government gave a 160 acre farm to anyone willing to work on and improve the land
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