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How did the federal government encourage western settlement?
The Federal government encouraged western settlement with the Homestead Act. This was a government policy that said that people who were willing to settle western land would be given large sections of land very cheap.
Why did states give up western land claims?
Because congress's ability to raise money from states was limited, it decided to raise revenue by selling these lands
What divided western lands into townships?
the land ordinace
What allowed settlers to get free western land?
Homestead Act
To what geographic feature did the western land claims extend?
Ceded its western claim that extended Mississippi River to the Federal Government.
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