What effect did the Homestead Act have on Westward Expansion

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Vmayorow · Answer 1 · 2018-06-12T20:15:50+0000

Signed into law in May 1862, the Homestead Act opened up settlement in the western United States, allowing any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land.

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