Homestead Acts
United States federal laws (1860s-1930s) granting ownership of land
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Summary
Homestead Acts is an Act of Congress in the United States[1].
Key Facts
- Has part(s): Donation Land Claim Act[2], Southern Homestead Act of 1866[3], Timber Culture Act[4], Kinkaid Act[5], Stock-Raising Homestead Act[6]
- Has cause: American Civil War[7]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[11], The New Student's Reference Work[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[13], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14]
- Has effect: Indian removal[15]
- Different from: homesteading[16]
- Repealed by: Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976[17]