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What was a fraudulent strategy Homestead Act speculators engaged in?help please
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What was a fraudulent strategy Homestead Act speculators engaged in?help please

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Some speculators took advantage of the legislative loophole when those drafting the law failed to specify if land was to be measured in feet or inches and the speculators would use this to extend their land.
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