The notion that the United States government should give free land titles to settlers to encourage westward expansion became popular in the 1850s. During that time the U.S. House of Representatives passed numerous homestead bills but southern opposition in the Senate prevented enactment. In 1860, during the 36th Congress, the Senate narrowly passed a homestead act but President James Buchanan vetoed it and the Senate failed its override attempt. Show When the 37th Congress convened for its brief summer session in 1861, now without members from seceded states, it was preoccupied with Civil War-related legislation. The House took up briefly the homestead issue in December but postponed further consideration of it until the following February. The House finally passed the Homestead Act on February 28, 1862 by the large margin of 107 to 16. The act worked its way through the Senate until May 6, 1862 when it passed easily by a vote of 33 to 7. After a few minor changes in conference committee—which both houses agreed to without controversy—Congress sent the final legislation to President Abraham Lincoln who signed the act into law on May 20, 1862. The Homestead Act encouraged western migration by providing settlers with 160 acres of land in exchange for a nominal filing fee. Among its provisions was a five-year requirement of continuous residence before receiving the title to the land and the settlers had to be, or in the process of becoming, U.S. citizens. Through 1986, when the last claim was made in Alaska, the Homestead Act distributed 270 million acres of land in the United States making it arguably one of the most far-reaching pieces of legislation in American history. See the final version or read a transcript of the Homestead Act as signed by President Abraham Lincoln If you have problems viewing these images please contact . More Featured Documents 1. Which of the following
does not represent a group that participated significantly in westward migration after 1870? 2. Which of the following represents an action that the U.S. government took to help Americans fulfill the goal of western expansion?
3. Why and how did the U.S. government promote western migration in the midst of fighting the Civil War? 4. What specific types of hardships did an average American farmer not face as he built his homestead in the Midwest?
5. What accounts for the success of large, commercial “bonanza farms?” What benefits did they enjoy over their smaller family-run counterparts? 6. How did everyday life in the American West hasten equality for women who settled the land? 7. Which of the following groups was not impacted by the invention of barbed wire?
8. The American cowboy owes much of its model to what other culture?
9. How did mining and cattle ranching transform individual “get rich quick” efforts into “big business” efforts when the nineteenth century came to a close? 10. Which of the following was not a primary method by which the American government dealt with American Indians during the period of western settlement?
11. What brought the majority of Chinese immigrants to the U.S.?
12. How were Hispanic citizens deprived of their wealth and land in the course of western settlement?
13. Compare and contrast the treatment of Chinese immigrants and Hispanic citizens to that of Native Americans during the period of western settlement. How did the US promote western migration?The Homestead Act encouraged western migration by providing settlers with 160 acres of land in exchange for a nominal filing fee.
Why did people migrate west after the Civil War?The opportunity to work in the cattle industry; to be a “cowboy” Faster travel to the West by railroad; availability of supplies due to the railroad. The opportunity to own land cheaply under the Homestead Act. The discovery of wheat strains adapted to grow in the climate of the Plains.
Why did the government encourage westward expansion?Before the U.S. Civil War ended in 1865, America was focused on expanding westward. After it ended this expansion intensified. The government especially sought to make use of valuable resources of the West, including timber, precious minerals, and fertile lands.
How did the westward expansion of the United States contribute to the Civil War?The philosophy drove 19th-century U.S. territorial expansion and was used to justify the forced removal of Native Americans and other groups from their homes. The rapid expansion of the United States intensified the issue of slavery as new states were added to the Union, leading to the outbreak of the Civil War.
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How and why did the US government promote western migration in the midst of the Civil War?
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