Southern Homestead Act of 1876
GPTKB entity
Properties (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legislation
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| gptkbp:administrativeDivision |
gptkb:Department_of_the_Interior
bureaucratic obstacles |
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
Reconstruction Era
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| gptkbp:economicImpact |
stimulated local economies
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
Homestead Act of 1862 |
| gptkbp:evaluates |
file an application
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| gptkbp:geographicalFeature |
land was often of poor quality
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| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:post-Civil_War_America
|
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
first federal land act aimed at African Americans
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Southern Homestead Act of 1876
|
| gptkbp:impact |
encouraged_settlement_in_the_South
|
| gptkbp:isGranted |
160 acres
|
| gptkbp:land_use |
homesteading
cultivate the land |
| gptkbp:landforms |
head of household
unimproved public land citizens_of_the_United_States not_have_taken_up_arms_against_the_U.S. |
| gptkbp:landholdings |
five years
one claim per household land must be surveyed one claim per person |
| gptkbp:landmark |
gptkb:Southern_United_States
|
| gptkbp:landOwnership |
promote self-sufficiency
|
| gptkbp:landUse |
agriculture
full title after meeting requirements |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
Homestead Act
Morrill Act |
| gptkbp:politicalRole |
influenced future land policies
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
provide land to freedmen and loyal whites
|
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
limited success
|
| gptkbp:socialResponsibility |
increased_land_ownership_among_African_Americans
|
| gptkbp:targets |
white_settlers
African_American_families |
| gptkbp:territory |
land must be cultivated for the duration of the claim
land must be occupied for the duration of the claim final proof of claim required land must be improved to qualify for title land must be improved within a certain time frame land must be used for agricultural purposes land must be used for community use land must be used for economic development land must be used for family use land must be used for farming purposes land must be used for personal use land must be used for residential purposes pay a small fee submit application to local land office submit proof of cultivation submit proof of residence witnesses required for claim verification |
| gptkbp:yearEstablished |
1876
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