What is one effect of the homestead act?

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Sim W.
Apr 30, 2018

Emigration West

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The Homestead Act passed in 1862 created a real wave of emigration west since people wanted to grab the land available. This emigration helped the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad after the Civil War.

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