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  • The Homestead Act of 1862
    Summary: The Homestead Act played an important role in settling the West but it never achieved its framers’ intention of creating a prosperous class of independent farmers.
    Subject: 1877; Homestead Act; 1862; American West; Timber Culture Act; 1873; Desert Land Act; Timber and Stone Act; 1878; Public Lands
    Course Name: U.S. History II Course Level: Level 2 
    Media Format: Image; Webpage; Animation Typical Learning Time: 20 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2009 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1847
    Is Part of: Lesson 17: New Frontiers-The West: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1759
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  • The Railroads and the West
    Summary: The federal government was not the only group attempting to bring settlers west.  Railroad companies campaigned tirelessly to attract newcomers to the many small towns.
    Subject: American West; Railroads; Settler; Pacific Railroad Act; 1862; East Coast; West Coast; Union Pacific Railroad; Sidney Dillon; Thomas Durant; Leland Stanford; Collis P. Huntington; Mark Hopkins; Charles Crocker; Big Four; Central Pacific Railroad; Chinese Immigrants; West
    Course Name: U.S. History II Course Level: Level 2 
    Media Format: Image; Webpage Typical Learning Time: 20 minutes
    Discipline: United States History Sub-Discipline: History
    Author: McMichael, Kelly Affiliation: University of North Texas
    Date Created: 2009 License files: Original License
    Permalink: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1848
    Is Part of: Lesson 17: New Frontiers-The West: http://txcdk1.unt.edu/TCRR/handle/2188/1759
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