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single, divorced, and widowed women who claimed land as a result of the Homestead Act.
Homesteaders often had to struggle even for the necessities.
The Homestead act allowed settlers to claim 160 acres of land after they had lived on it for more than 5 years.
Rewarding squatters who cleared land before the government surveyed it.Added: Actually the proper term was "homesteaders" NOT squatters.
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