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Photograph of American Indians by William Hicks Jackson, 1871. (GLC03095.97)

Essay

The Civil War and Reconstruction in the American West

The histories of the Civil War and of the emerging West were...

Glossary Term – Event

Homestead Act

Lincoln signed the Federal Homestead Law. The act granted public land in 160 acres allotments in the West to those willing to farm the land for five years.