History A-level OCR Unit 2: Westward Expansion

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Homestead Act 1862

Homestead Act 1862

• Federal Gov. act.

• Could claim 160 acres for free if they had lived on it for 5 years.

Timber Culture Act 1873

• Federal Gov. act.

• Offered a further 160 acres of land if they planted 40 acres with trees within 10 years

Desert Land Act 1877

• Federal Gov. act.

• Offered settler-colonists chance to purchase 640 acres if they irrigated it within

The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo 1848

• Federal Gov.

• Gave America lands that would become: California, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona.

• 500,000 square miles.