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Why was the timber culture act attractive to settlers

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Answer: The goal of the Timber Culture Act was to increase the number of trees in the West. providing fuel and lumber to a growing number of immigrants. By 1880, more than a million acres of Minnesota land had been claimed under the Timber Culture Act and Minnesotans had planted 25,000 acres of trees.

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