Great Events from History: American Series: 1831-1903Salem Press, 1975 - 2047 páginas The three-volume American Series of Great Events from History begins with the arrival of the Indians, the first Americans, from Asia and ends with the first manned lunar landing in 1969. Between these two noteworthy happenings, 336 additional events are studied in depth through the scholarly literature they have inspired. - Preface. |
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... lands were surveyed . the passage of the Pre - emption Act of 1841 , the debate over land policy changed . Coming to the fore were two major issues - land grants to railroads , especially the projected transcontinen- tals , and free land ...
... lands were surveyed . the passage of the Pre - emption Act of 1841 , the debate over land policy changed . Coming to the fore were two major issues - land grants to railroads , especially the projected transcontinen- tals , and free land ...
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... land for such a grant was not available in a particular state , that state was to receive an equivalent amount of land scrip which could be used to pur- chase land elsewhere . This scrip had to be sold to private individuals who could ...
... land for such a grant was not available in a particular state , that state was to receive an equivalent amount of land scrip which could be used to pur- chase land elsewhere . This scrip had to be sold to private individuals who could ...
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... Land -. The older states , which benefited be- cause of their large population , were authorized to select their acreage any- where in the West . New York , for ex- ample , selected forest lands in Wis- consin and prairie lands scattered ...
... Land -. The older states , which benefited be- cause of their large population , were authorized to select their acreage any- where in the West . New York , for ex- ample , selected forest lands in Wis- consin and prairie lands scattered ...
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