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great plains
railroad moving west 1862 congress passed the pacific railroad bill railroad which granted public land and funds to bulid a transcontenential railroad. twoo groups who were buiding the railroad started in diferent parts of the country one was the central pacific. while construction both companies raced to see who could lay the most tracksearch day. homestead act was signed by abraham lincoln in 1862. this bill gave rights to any cittizen to have 160 acres of land if they stayed there for five years it was their land for free.claimers of the act didnt need to have equipment or knw how to farm to get this land. Some things people did were cattlers fenced in open land. miners an wood cuters took natural resources. 10% of the land was actually settled by the families it was inttended for. all plots were not equal in size either people in iowa an minnisota 160 acres.
Dugouts ans soddies
the settlers built there homes into hills because there werent many trees. had advantages an disadvantages
advatage:it wa hot in the winter an cold in the summer. disadvantage evry timeit rained it would leak in the house. the women helped alongside the men plowing and planting. they also shaved the sheep so they could use the sheeps wool to make clothes. they did cooking cleaning an rasied the children. the agricutural education supported by the national government. it was because of that morril act of 1862 an 1890 allowed land to be given to states.
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