Question

While taking advantage of the Homestead Act was an appealing opportunity for owning land, why did most homesteaders fail and move back east?

Answer 1

Many homesteaders could not handle the hardships of frontier life and gave up before completing five years of farming. If a homesteader quit or failed to make a go of farming, his or her land reverted back to the government and was offered to the public again.

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Answer 2

The 1862 Homestead Act accelerated settlement of U.S. western territory by allowing any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land.