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It was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln. It gave people including freed slaves and women an ownership of land, which was called Homestead,
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Southern Homestead Act sought land ownership inequalities in the South during Reconstruction.
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The Timber Culture Act granted land to a claimant who was required to plant trees. This tract was added to be exsisting homestead claim and had no residency requirement.
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The Kincaid Amendment allowed people to settle in western Nebraska.
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Stock-Raising Homestead Act was passed in 1916 and increased the homestead land to 640 acres.