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The Homesteaders
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Movement on the Plains ,[object Object],[object Object]
Reasons for movement: Push and Pull factors. Push High cost of living in the East coast Escape the poverty of being immigrants, Overcrowding in the East
Reasons for movement: Push and Pull factors. Pull Sense of adventure – Manifest Destiny Cheap land with Rail and Govt. Laws Adverts saying how good it is.
Homestead Act of 1862 ,[object Object],[object Object]
Homestead Act of 1862 ,[object Object],[object Object],How they lived on the Homestead was a different matter. To succeed, crops were sometimes more important than the home someone lived in.
Timber Culture Act 1873 ,[object Object],[object Object]
Desert Land Act 1877 ,[object Object],[object Object]
What was good and bad about the Homestead Act? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Railroads all led to the Plains ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Adverts like this, sold the idea of settling on the Plains. Notice the lush green scenery – not all the Plains were like this! The Railways also set up ‘Exploring ticket’, which allowed people top visit the plains. If a person wanted to, they could then buy the land on credit from the rail company.  The company was selling land it owned either side of the railways.

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Homesteaders Reasons

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  • 4. Reasons for movement: Push and Pull factors. Push High cost of living in the East coast Escape the poverty of being immigrants, Overcrowding in the East
  • 5. Reasons for movement: Push and Pull factors. Pull Sense of adventure – Manifest Destiny Cheap land with Rail and Govt. Laws Adverts saying how good it is.
  • 6.
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11.
  • 12. Adverts like this, sold the idea of settling on the Plains. Notice the lush green scenery – not all the Plains were like this! The Railways also set up ‘Exploring ticket’, which allowed people top visit the plains. If a person wanted to, they could then buy the land on credit from the rail company. The company was selling land it owned either side of the railways.