Statements (48)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
legislation
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gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Oregon_Trail
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gptkbp:contributedTo |
development_of_agriculture_in_Oregon
|
gptkbp:culturalImpact |
influenced_Oregon's_identity
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gptkbp:economicImpact |
increased property values
stimulated local economies created jobs |
gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkb:Oregon_Land_Act_of_1853 |
gptkbp:enrollment |
head of household
citizen or intended citizen |
gptkbp:geographicalFeature |
gptkb:Oregon_Territory
|
gptkbp:grantDate |
settlers
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gptkbp:historicalContext |
pre-Civil War America
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gptkbp:historicalPeriod |
establishment of communities
|
gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
first land grant act in the U.S.
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Oregon Donation Land Act
|
gptkbp:influencedBy |
Homestead Act
|
gptkbp:landholdings |
four years
required surveys |
gptkbp:landingGear |
patents
|
gptkbp:landUse |
ranching
320 acres farming homesteading |
gptkbp:legacy |
foundation for future land policies
influenced land ownership patterns set precedent for land distribution |
gptkbp:notableEvent |
Morrill Act
|
gptkbp:populationTrend |
increased_settlement_in_Oregon
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gptkbp:purpose |
encourage_settlement_in_Oregon
|
gptkbp:resultedIn |
land disputes
|
gptkbp:significance |
promoted westward expansion
|
gptkbp:socialResponsibility |
community building
diversified population cultural_exchange |
gptkbp:soilType |
public land
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gptkbp:targets |
families
|
gptkbp:territory |
application process
record keeping witness testimonies legal disputes government oversight proof of residency final adjudication land patents issued proof of cultivation |
gptkbp:yearEstablished |
1850
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