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What were girl homesteaders?
single, divorced, and widowed women who claimed land as a result of the Homestead Act.
What statement best describe the lifestyle of homesteaders?
Homesteaders often had to struggle even for the necessities.
What act gave land to homesteaders if they lived on it for five years?
The Homestead act allowed settlers to claim 160 acres of land after they had lived on it for more than 5 years.
Congress encouraged western expansion during the 1830s and 1840s by?
Rewarding squatters who cleared land before the government surveyed it.Added: Actually the proper term was "homesteaders" NOT squatters.
Most homesteaders near the mccances were?
IMMIGRANTS
How many originial homesteaders land is in original family hands?
There are very few original homesteaders land that is still in the original family hands. Most of the old homesteaders land has been zoned as a city or a town.
People who moved to the frontier were called what?
homesteaders pioneers Some were homesteaders because they were offered land to settle in the West.
Who were the people that qualified for free government land?
the homesteaders
What did homesteaders faced on the great plains?
not a nuf land
Who were people that qualified for free government land?
the homesteaders
Settler who claimed land through the homestead act?
Homesteaders
Why did the homesteaders move to the Great Plains?
The land had run out at home.
Did Homesteaders have to plant particular trees during the Desert Land Act of 1877?
no that is the timber culture act. The desert land act enabled Homesteaders to buy up to 640 acres of land in areas where rainfall was poor cheaply.
What people were called who settled land under the homestead act?
Homesteaders
Why did the homesteaders moved west?
because they were stupid and wanted land. They wanted $$$$$$$$$$$$$
How did cowboys and homesteaders interact to each other in a negative way during westward expansion?
Cowboys would move herds of cattle across vast expanses of land, Homesteaders owned parcels of land and were very protective of it, and nearly all did not have fences. This meant that the cowboys herds would end up on homesteaders land from time to time, the two would sometimes argue or become violent about grazing rights for the cattle.
What were girl homesteaders?
single, divorced, and widowed women who claimed land as a result of the Homestead Act.
