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title: "In order to receive 160 acres free of charge through the Homestead Act, what did you have to do in order to keep it?"  
description: "In order to receive 160 acres free of charge through the Homestead Act, what did you have to do in order to keep it?"  
author: "Rivera fuller"  
published: 2018-05-16  
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category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# In order to receive 160 acres free of charge through the Homestead Act, what did you have to do in order to keep it? 

In order to receive 160 acres [free of charge](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38240/according-to-recent-rbi-directives-to-banks-how-many-pieces-of-soiled-currency-notes-with-a-maximum-value-of-rs-5-000-can-be-exchanged-at-banks-free-of-charge) through the [Homestead Act](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40836/what-was-the-purpose-for-and-provisions-of-the-homestead-act), what did you have to do in order to keep it? \
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