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During the Civil War, the Republican Congress passed the Homestead Act. The act promised ANY settler 160 acres of land if they met the following requirements:
at least 21 years of age, citizens or immigrants who had applied fro citizenship, build a house and live in it at least 6 months each year, and farm the land for 5 consecutive years. After meeting the first to requirements you moved to your new land and worked on the last 3 requirements. If you were a person or a family doing this you were called a Homesteader.
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