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Which president signed both the homestead act and the pacific railroad act?
Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act as well as the Railroad Act of 1862.
What was on reason freed slaves migrated to western territories?
free land under the homestead act
What act required farmers to farm for at least five consecutive years?
During the same year that the Pacific Railroad Act was passed, Congress passed a bill called the Homestead Act. The Homestead Act made it easy for immigrants and displaced Southerners to own Western land. It said that people had to do the following to have 160 acres of land:Be at least 21-years-oldPay a $10 feeBe a citizen or have filed papers to become a citizenBuild a house and live on the land at least six months of the yearFarm the land for five consecutive yearsThe Homestead Act
Was the war powers act passed so that congress and the president act together in declaring any act of hostility?
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Was passed under President Johnson's Administration?
1965 Civil Rights Act
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