SPANISH

Los asentamientos y la expansión de la frontera (Homesteading and Settling the Frontier)

By Alison Morretta

Book information

Publisher
LLC, Cavendish Square Publishing
Year
2017
ISBN
2016058846, 2017000096, 9781502628978, 9781502628985
Language
spanish
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2715339 bytes)
Series
Primary Sources of Westward Expansion
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-20 19:13:47
History; Juvenile Nonfiction; JNF025200

Description

The Homestead Act was passed in 1862, when states that had seceded from the Union could no longer block it in congress. The act opened land in the west for all Americans, including freed slaves, granting 160 acres to settlers under the condition that they farm it for five years. The result was that 1.6 million claims, covering 420,000 square miles, were granted, making residents of millions of people in the land west of the Mississippi River. This book richly explores this fascinating part of history.

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