Homestead Act Research Paper

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After the Civil War, many citizens decided to push west. The government was offering cheap land for any citizen (under certain qualifications) to live on. Through the Homestead Act--a act passed by Congress in May, 1862--anyone over 21, a head of a family, and a U.S. citizen was given the right to claim 160 acres of public land provided he/she lives on and improves the land or pays $1.25 per acre. However, at the time, Natives were living in these western lands. Because of vast movements onto Native Territory, Natives were potentially forced out of their own homes. The only way a Native could stay is if they assimilated to American cultures. In the late 1800s, western expansion greatly changed the lives of Native Americans by demolishing their cultures, homes, etc. Furthermore, the government played a large role in these changes. Native American’s lives were greatly changed due to western expansion. In 1862, after the Homestead Act was passed, many Americans invaded the Natives’ lands in the west. The Native Americans were either kicked right off of their own …show more content…
Because of the US government, Natives were kicked out of their homes. The US government is the reason why Americans traveled to the west in the first place (through the Homestead Act). US soldiers marched into the Native reservations, chopped down their trees, and killed their buffalo (Document A). They did not care what they were doing to the Natives. They did not care about the Natives in general. As previously stated, the US made a surprise attack on innocent, friendly Native Americans just because the Indians wanted to be themselves. The Natives did not want to abandon their traditions, so the United States massacred them. The US left the Natives starving in the street. The United States is the reason why the Native Americans had the effects that they had due to western

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