Homestead Act
When1: 1862
When2: 1976
Who: Homestead Act
What: law
Where: USA
Detail: It entitled people to 160 acres of undeveloped land, to build homes. It replaced Premption Act [1941]. It ended, except in Alaska, with Federal Land Policy and Management Act [1976]. Alaska ended homesteading [1986].
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