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- 2. A requirement of the Homestead Act was you had to make ________________________ to the land.
- 7. This person wanted to homestead in the West. He was a soldier on his way to fight in the Civil War.
- 9. __________________ who fought for the North during the Civil War got a special favor. If they wanted to homestead land, they could use their time in the army in place of time spent "proving up" on their claim.
- 11. Many people found that homesteading wasn't as ___________ as it seemed.
- 12. A requirement of the Homestead Act was you had to be 21 years old or the ___________ of a family.
- 13. Companies in the United States sent ______________, or advertisements, to countries in Europe.
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- 1. The people who came here for free land were called
- 2. ___________________ came from different countries to take advantage of the homestead acts.
- 3. A requirement for the Homestead Act was you had to _________ $18 in fees.
- 4. Immigrants would come by ship and by _____________________.
- 5. War After the _________________ __________ all African Americans were free.
- 6. This law gave away land in Nebraska and other places in the west.
- 8. A requirement of the Homestead Act was you had to live on the land for ______________ years.
- 10. Although African Americans were free, they were not always treated with _____________________.