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Preemption Act of 1841 passed
permitted "squatters" who were living on federal government owned land to purchase up to 160 acres -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty -
Morrill Act passed
Morrill college passed aside federal lands to create colleges to benefit the agricultural and mechanical arts. -
The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad passed
provided Federal subsidies in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across the United States. -
Homestead Act passed
provided 160 acres of federal land to anyone who agreed to farm the land