(U. S. Statutes at Large, Vol. XII, p. 392 ff.) AN ACT to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain. Be it enacted, That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived ...

4. But if parties legally qualified desire to obtain title under the Homestead Act of 20th May, 1862, they can do so on complying with the inclosed circular, dated 30th October, 1862. The circular ...

The Homestead Act of 1862, signed by President Lincoln, was one of the first and most powerful examples of the U.S. government trying to do just this. But during the Great Depression, it became ...

The 1830 Indian Removal Act, for example, forcibly relocated Cherokee, Creeks and other eastern Indians to west of the Mississippi River to make room for white settlers. The 1862 Homestead Act ...

Historian John Davies on the 1536 'Act of Union' between England and Wales. The 1530s was a crucial decade in the history of the territories of the English crown. Henry VIII and his advisor Thomas ...

Erosion is a symbol of change and regeneration in the land The Homestead Act based on the United States Federal law that gave an applicant freehold title to 160 acres of undeveloped land is a ...

As Nebraska agriculture forges ahead along both a promising and challenging path to the future, more than 125 Nebraska ...

More than 80% of four-year colleges are test-optional or test-blind. The revised ACT will debut in 2025 and be shortened to about two hours. Students may take the test on paper or online.

This park interprets the impacts of the Homestead Act of 1862. The Homestead Act of 1862 was passed by Congress and signed ...

The Pacific Railway Act was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862. It provided government support for the building of first railroad to link the east and west coasts of the U.S.A. In order ...

I write on the human/political issues surrounding college admissions. Janet Godwin, CEO of ACT, recently announced changes to the ACT test. Beginning April 2025, there will be more time per question.

In February, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines signed into law the Tatak Pinoy (Proudly Filipino) Act, a formal policy directing the government to support the development of ...