Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Later Developments in the West.
An 1862 law that provided 160 acres of Western land to settlers for a small filing fee, acting as a major pull factor for migration.
Homestead Act appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for The American West, especially Later Developments in the West and Changes in Farming and Settlement.
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