Oregon Land Act of 1853

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:associatedWith Manifest Destiny
gptkbp:benefits land speculators
gptkbp:contributedTo development_of_agriculture_in_Oregon
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
Subsequent land legislation
gptkbp:encouraged homesteading
gptkbp:encourages infrastructure
gptkbp:established President_Franklin_Pierce
gptkbp:facilitates railroad expansion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Oregon Land Act of 1853
gptkbp:impact Oregon_population_growth
gptkbp:includesProvisionsFor preemption rights
gptkbp:influenced future land policies
gptkbp:influencedBy Homestead Act
in_the_Pacific_Northwest
gptkbp:isChallengedBy President_Franklin_Pierce
Native_American_groups
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor favoring wealthy landowners
gptkbp:isDiscussedIn Congressional debates
gptkbp:isEngagedIn gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy land ownership issues
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy economic conditions of the time
gptkbp:isLinkedTo the Gold Rush
gptkbp:isLocatedIn land offices
gptkbp:isVisitedBy subsequent land acts
gptkbp:land_use 320 acres
gptkbp:landholdings $1.25 per acre
required before purchase
gptkbp:ledTo cultural_changes_in_Oregon
increased_migration_to_Oregon
towns_in_Oregon
gptkbp:provides land grants
gptkbp:providesOpportunitiesFor new settlers
gptkbp:purpose to_promote_settlement_in_Oregon_Territory
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Oregon_Trail
gptkbp:resultedIn land disputes
gptkbp:significance encouraged westward expansion
gptkbp:supportedBy local governments
gptkbp:targets settlers
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt increasing land ownership
gptkbp:wasPartOf westward expansion policies
land promoters
the_American_frontier_experience
U.S._land_policy_history
U.S._territorial_expansion_efforts
the_Oregon_Territory_governance.
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy settler communities
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1853