Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Wild_Bill_Hickok
gptkb:President_Lincoln |
| gptkbp:allows |
land ownership for settlers
|
| gptkbp:amended_by |
subsequent legislation
|
| gptkbp:applies_to |
public lands in the United States
|
| gptkbp:benefits |
gptkb:Farmers_Market
|
| gptkbp:effective_date |
May 20, 1862
|
| gptkbp:enacted_by |
gptkb:the_Civil_War
gptkb:legislation land shortages in the East |
| gptkbp:encouraged |
settlement of the Great Plains
|
| gptkbp:encourages |
small farms
|
| gptkbp:first_introduced |
later land policies
|
| gptkbp:founded |
new communities
|
| gptkbp:governing_body |
the economic conditions of the time
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Homestead Act
|
| gptkbp:includes_provisions_for |
land distribution
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
American land policy
|
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
the Free Soil Movement
the idea of individual land ownership |
| gptkbp:is_a_tool_for |
social mobility
|
| gptkbp:is_associated_with |
the frontier experience
|
| gptkbp:is_challenged_by |
various legal disputes
|
| gptkbp:is_criticized_for |
displacement of Native Americans
|
| gptkbp:is_designed_to |
promote economic opportunity
encourage settlement and development |
| gptkbp:is_implemented_in |
Alaska after 1862
|
| gptkbp:is_influential_in |
American agricultural practices
|
| gptkbp:is_often_associated_with |
the American Dream
|
| gptkbp:is_part_of |
the Reconstruction Era policies
the larger context of Manifest Destiny |
| gptkbp:is_supported_by |
various political groups
|
| gptkbp:key |
the American land policy framework
|
| gptkbp:landmark |
American land reform
|
| gptkbp:led_to |
increased migration to the West
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
westward expansion
|
| gptkbp:legislation |
gptkb:Company
land ownership rights. |
| gptkbp:notable_event |
gptkb:American_history
|
| gptkbp:provides |
160 acres of public land
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
to promote westward expansion
|
| gptkbp:repealed_by |
gptkb:Homestead_Act_of_1976
|
| gptkbp:requires |
five years of continuous residence
|
| gptkbp:resulted_in |
land grants to over 1.6 million people
|
| gptkbp:signed_by |
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
|
| gptkbp:significance |
the development of agriculture
the establishment of rural communities the growth of the American West |
| gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for |
economic development in the West
|
| gptkbp:was_a_factor_in |
the expansion of the United States
the demographic changes in the West the settlement of the Midwest |
| gptkbp:was_a_proponent_of |
land reclamation
|
| gptkbp:was_a_response_to |
the Gold Rush
the need for agricultural land economic hardship in the East the demand for land by immigrants |