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Eighteen-year-old rachel calof moved to north dakota with her husband to take advantage of the homestead act of 1862. she happily wrote that her husband:

"was convinced that our best chance to make something of ourselves was to avail ourselves of the offer of free land [and that homesteading] seemed a godsend to penniless people who otherwise could not hope to buy land."

why was rachel happy?
why do you think owning property was important to rachel and her husband?

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ogorwyne

The reason why Rachel was happy was because the homestead act has given her an opportunity to own property.

What was the homestead act?

This was an act that was signed by Abraham Lincoln. The purpose of the act was to spur economic growth and development in the nation.

The goal was to help to develop the West. It provided acres of land to residents that would farm in the area.

Owning a property was important to them because it would give them a means of livelihood.

Read more on the homestead act here:

https://brainly.com/question/2034839

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