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People had to pay an $18 fee to file an application to own a plot of land.

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You had to be 21 or older and people had to pay $18 to own land. 

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You had to be 21 or older and people had to pay $18 to own land. 

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It gave immigrants an opportunity to move in the united states

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It gave immigrants an opportunity to move in the united states

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The homestead act gave people free land and convinced people to move west

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You own land you needed to meet a certain age.

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You own land you needed to meet a certain age.

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had to be 21 or older

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People had to pay an $18 fee to file an application to own a plot of land.

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People had to pay an $18 fee to file an application to own a plot of land.

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Anyone including single women could own land as long as there were 21 years old

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Anyone including single women could own land as long as there were 21 years old

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gave people over 21 years old 160 acres of land but they don't own it till they make improvements over 5 years.

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you had to be a certain age to buy land and you had to pay a fee to buy the papers but not to buy the land

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you had to be a certain age to buy land and you had to pay a fee to buy the papers but not to buy the land

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The Homestead Act gave free land to everyone (Women, Freedmen, immigrants, etc.) if they were over 21 and lived on the land for five years.

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convinced people to move to the west for cheep prices and 160 achers of land. you get to keep it if you take care of it.

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Only 18 dollars to buy the land

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there where people caled sooners that waited for them to relese the land so they can get the best place in the property

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Abraham Lincoln Signed it during the civil war

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Abraham Lincoln Signed it during the civil war