The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged Western migration by granting free land to settlers, aiming to populate the frontier and make it economically viable.
The Homestead Act of 1862 was a law that aimed to incentivize Western migration by granting free sections of federal lands to settlers who met certain conditions. One of the motives of the U.S. government behind this act was to populate the frontier and make it economically viable by having settlers cultivate and improve the land provided to them.
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