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this act offered 160 acres of land for free to anyone willing to farm it for five years. This drew a wave of settlers, including formerly enslaved people ("Exodusters") and European immigrants, to the region
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The completion of the railroad in 1869 made transporting people and goods to and from the Plains much easier and cheaper. This further fueled westward migration
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