Jgb343

Homestead act

Your draft essay on the Homestead act is not encyclopedic. It is not tied closely to the topic, it does not use reliable published sources, it reflects a personal essay by you on your own point of view (POV). I suggest do not post it. I recommend you read Harold M. Hyman's 1986 book: American Singularity: The 1787 Northwest Ordinance, the 1862 Homestead and Morrill Acts, and the 1944 G.I. Bill. Also Patterson-Black, Sheryll. "Women homesteaders on the Great Plains frontier." Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies (1976): 67-88. in JSTOR Rjensen (talk) 19:48, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

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