Question

Why was federal land grant legislation so contentious

Answer 1

Answer and explanation;

-Federal land grant legislation was so contentious because northerners and Republicans wanted to free up large plots of land to settlement by individual farmers, while Southern Democrats sought to make the lands of the west available only to slave-owners.

-Congress had passed a homestead act in 1860, but President James Buchanan, a Democrat, vetoed it. Only after the Southern states had seceded from the union in 1861 could the Homestead Act be passed.

-After Congress was emptied of Southern slave holding legislators, President Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, signed the Homestead Act of 1862.

Answer 2

Article of confederation was the first constitution of the US constitution was approved by the second continental congress on November 15th November, 1777. It came into force on March 1, 1781. It established a weak central government and it was one of its major weaknesses, and it became apparent when the confederation congress tried to govern the growing American states, the weak central government proved to be ineffective. The weakness became visible after the shays rebellion and the political thinkers decided to change the articles. But soon it was realized that changes would not work and the articles must be replaced. The articles was liked by the states as it granted them more powers than the central government.