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OpenStudy (isabellagarcia1003):

Which bill passed by congress in 1862 gave 160 acres of public land to anyone willing to settle it

OpenStudy (ladycielphantomhive):

The Homestead Act of 1862, which was a push for Americans to settle the Western half of the United States, a very harsh area. https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/homestead-act/

OpenStudy (zvanstanley):

They did have to pay a small fee and live continuously there for five years. https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Homestead.html

OpenStudy (ladycielphantomhive):

The question was what bill @zvanstanley The five years thing is included in my source.

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