Meaning Of The Word Homestead Act
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Homestead Act Meaning
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Homestead Act in American English
noun: a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms Homestead Act in British English noun: an act passed by the US Congress in 1862 making available to settlers 160- acre tracts of public land for cultivation |
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