Ch 13 Sect 3

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Homestead Act of 1862

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Law that allowed any head of household over the age of 21 to claim 160 acres of land

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Pacific Railway Act

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Law giving land to the railroad companies in order to help build railroads and telegraph lines

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Morrill Act

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Law that gave land to states to start agricultural and mechanical arts colleges

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Frederick Jackson Turner

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Historian who believed that American history was based on settling the West

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Benjamin "Pap" Singleton

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Community builder and former slave who urged African Americans to move West

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Exoduster

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Name of an African American who migrated (or left) to go to Kansas

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Dugout

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Shelter dug out of the sides of hills

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Sod house

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Home that was made out of turf and soil squares used like bricks

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James Oliver

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The inventor of the plow that made farming the Plains easier

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Bonanza Farm

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A farm operated like a factory