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∙ 6y agoHow did the homestead act encourage freed African Americans to move to the great Plains
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∙ 12y agoThe american west
The great plains
Why did the US government encourage settlement on the Great Plains?
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They didn't "migrate " to the plains, but were forced to reservations in several forced walks to Oklahoma.
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Why did the US government encourage settlement on the Great Plains?
The passage of the Homestead Act. This provided incentives for people to take up farming in places such as Oklahoma and the Great Plains in general. This eventually became a problem between white settlers and Native Americans. President Lincoln was very much interested in this plan to have more settlers move westward.
African Americans that migrated to the Great Plains were called Exodusters.
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