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title: "What was the purpose for and provisions of the Homestead Act?"  
description: "What was the purpose for and provisions of the Homestead Act?"  
author: "camila johnson"  
published: 2018-04-04  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40836/what-was-the-purpose-for-and-provisions-of-the-homestead-act  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was the purpose for and provisions of the Homestead Act?

What was the [purpose](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51345/what-was-the-purpose-of-grandfather-clauses) for and provisions of the [Homestead Act](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41592/how-did-the-homestead-act-created-conflicts-between-settlers-and-native-americans)?\
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