HIST 339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Homestead Acts
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The availability of free land; homestead act of 1862: made 605 million acres of public domain available for settlement; it was mostly taken by white settlers but also included some people of color. Many land speculators and agents advertised to attract new settlers. Areas for settlement included iowa, nebraska, minnesotaand indian territory, (oklahoma) Minnesota); immigrants have also showed a willingness to get up and leave (they already fled their countries in europe) In terms of daily life in these communities, no one in the family was sexcluded from hard labor. She baked bread for all of the household; another student comments that the three families seemed to stay to themselves; another student comments that there seems to be a selfish tendency among the family members in general. Let"s talk about rachel"s dad, who was abusive and generally unpleasant father. One student says that she was surprised that she passed (having to unravel yarn without showing any frustration).
