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title: "How did the Homestead Act affect U.S. expansion?"  
description: "How did the Homestead Act affect U.S. expansion?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43140/how-did-the-homestead-act-affect-u-s-expansion  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How did the Homestead Act affect U.S. expansion? 

How did the [Homestead Act](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40836/what-was-the-purpose-for-and-provisions-of-the-homestead-act) [affect U.S](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41302/how-did-the-espionage-act-affect-u-s-elections). [expansion](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35156/this-famous-arch-contains-the-name-of-the-city-it-is-located-in-and-is-also-known-as-the-jefferson-national-expansion-memorial-in-which-city-is-this-monument-located)?


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