 Homestead Act  Exodusters  Soddy  Morrill Act  Bonanza Farms.

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 Homestead Act  Exodusters  Soddy  Morrill Act  Bonanza Farms

 Why?  1862: Government passed the Homestead Act  Exodusters:

 : government lent money to companies to lay tracks  Union Pacific  Central Pacific  Who worked? ◦ 1. ◦ 2. ◦ 3. ◦ 4. ◦ 5.  Harsh working conditions  May 10, 1869: 2 companies met in Utah ◦ Leland Stanford ◦ Video Video

 Hardships: Soddy video

 Inventions ◦ 1837: John Deere ◦ 1847: Cyrus McCormick  Morrill Act

 Late 1870s