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AP US History
Unit 5 – Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848–1877
Topic 5.9
Which legislation, passed in 1862, encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land?
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Morrill Land-Grant Acts
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Homestead Act
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AP US History - 5.9 Government Policies during the Civil War
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