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How did the homestead act impact the great plains

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Signed into law in May 1862, theHomestead 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. By the end of the Civil War, 15,000 homesteadclaims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years.
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