[DOC] [TLE] The Homestead Act of 1862 - US History Scene [PAR] Americans hold a certain image of the West and Great Plains: a vague ... The 
Homestead Act of 1862; The Morrill Land Grant Act; The Pacific Railway Act ... 
When land along railroad lines were opened up to the public, the land was often 
.... and oft-romanticized Western culture on the last great frontier in America 
history. [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 17 [PAR] ... 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 17 The West: Exploiting an Empire ... 10) Which of 
the following tribes did NOT live on the Great Plains? A) Hopi .... A) Homestead 
Act of 1862 .... 49) The so-called "final fling" of settlement on the frontier occurred 
in [DOC] [TLE] Focus on the West - AP U.S. History Topic Outlines - Study Notes [PAR] Under this act, farmers could claim as much as 160 acres in the Great Plains by ... 
Mining was a new frontier that everyone was interested in. ... The final major 
strike of gold and silver in Colorado happened in the early 1890s at Cripple 
Creek. ... During the height of the mining boom, towns sprang up near veins of 
ore. [DOC] [TLE] American frontier - Wikipedia [PAR] The American Frontier comprises the geography, history, folklore, and cultural 
expression of life .... 16.1 Surveys; 16.2 Great Plains And land policy; 16.3 
Historiography ... Although French fur traders ranged widely through the Great 
Lakes and ..... Frederick Jackson Turner grew up in Wisconsin during its last 
frontier stage,... [DOC] [TLE] Westward Expansion: The Homestead Act of 1862 & the Frontier ... [PAR] for Teachers for Schools for Companies  Study.com  Login  Sign Up. Menu ... 
Westward Expansion: The Homestead Act of 1862 & the Frontier Thesis .... The 
first people to 'open' the West were miners, hoping to strike it rich, first in 
California, ... The Homestead Act attracted people from many walks of life to the 
Great Plains,... [DOC] [TLE] Settlement of the West [PAR] The West: Exploiting an Empire, 18491902. Beyond the Frontier. What were the 
... Two-thirds of all Native Americans lived on the Great Plains. Many distinctive ... 
Final Battles on the Plains ... Homestead Act of 1862; Most land acquired by 
wealthy investors ... Indians forced to give up rights to land; Sooners and 
Boomers. [DOC] [TLE] Closing The Western Frontier - Faculty [PAR] In 1860, most Americans considered the Great Plains the Great American ... 
Promontory Summit, Utah, a golden spike was hammered into the final tie. ... 
explosives in each hole, lit the fuses, and were, hopefully, pulled up before ... By 
opening .... to settle on the Great Plains, Congress passed the Homestead Act in 
1862. [DOC] [TLE] C H A P T E R   1 7 THE WEST: EXPLOITING AN EMPIRE Beyond ... [PAR] Great Plains, a region seared by hot winds in the summer and buffeted by ... In 
the last three decades of the nineteenth century, Whites, along with some Blacks, 
... Government policy, beginning with the Homestead Act of 1862, provided free 
or ... generation that grew up in the territorial West often developed distinctive 
ideas... [DOC] [TLE] Western Expansion, the New South, and Industrial America, 1870 ... [PAR] The Homestead Act of 1862 provided free land to help settlers establish ... For 
those who viewed the millions of acres of Western land as a commodity to be 
exploited, ... The frontier stretched from the eastern Great Plains to the edge of 
the West .... These native tribes were among the last to surrender, pointing out 
that their... [DOC] [TLE] History Of The United States Of America, Part Five [PAR] Under the Compromise of 1877, Hayes became president, the last federal ... The 
Native Americans of the Great Plains included diverse tribesamong ... Once the 
settlers had set up farms, they depended on the railroads to ship their produce. ... 
The Homestead Act of 1862 provided land, originally 160 acres, at no cost if... [DOC] [TLE] The Great West: Economic Opportunity and Westward Migration [PAR] Three

Question: The Great Plains, last great frontier to be exploited, was opened up by this Act of 1862
Answer: the Homestead Act