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The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty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