SECTION 5-2 1862 congress passed the pacific railforad. trying to recruit chinese people. see who could lay the most tracks. Golden spike in Utah. Homesteas act was signed by abe lincoln all had 160 acres. if they stayed there for five years the land would be theres for free. 10% of landed settled for. in 1889 goverment switched the act a little bit. Women did a lot fof the farming hatch act of 1887.
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