FARMERS AND POPULISM Ms. Eraqi. The Homestead Act of 1862 The Homestead Act gave public lands (lands owned by the national government) to American citizens.
Life on the Plains. grasslands in west-central portion of the U.S. East: hunting, farming villages; west: nomadic hunting, gathering Buffalo provides.
FARMERS & THE POPULIST MOVEMENT Chapter 5 Section 3 US History (EOC)