History of the United States I / Unit 15 USH1 2136 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Union Mobilisation
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The idea
The Homestead Act of eighteen sixty-two let settlers claim one hundred and sixty acres of federal land by residing on it five years.
In practice
Congress chartering the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads with generous funds.
Where people slip
The Land Grant College Act of the same year, authored by Vermont Republican Justin Smith Morrill, granted each state thirty thousand acres.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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