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The passage of the Homestead Act. This provided incentives for people to take up farming in places such as Oklahoma and the Great Plains in general. This eventually became a problem between white settlers and Native Americans. President Lincoln was very much interested in this plan to have more settlers move westward.
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What event in 1862 encouraged settlement of the Great Plains?
passage of the HOmestead Act
Why did farmers move to the great plains?
the US government encouraged the settlement of the great plains with the homestead act of 1862, promising 160 acres to any family that stays and cultivates the land for 5 years
Many African Americans opportunity offered by the homestead act by moving to?
The Great Plains
Why did many migrate to the great plains area?
the homestead act offered them free land
How native Americans respond to land lost due to white settlement of the great plains?
How native americans respond to land lost due to white settlement of the great plains?
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