African Americans Seeking Free Land in the Midwest Faced
Mexican farm laborers along with African Americans Filipino Americans Japanese-Americans and even Armenian Americans Punjabi Americans Native Hawaiians and Native Americans were instrumental in California becoming the nations top agricultural state. The Government granted more than 270 million acres of land while the law was in effect. African Americans Seeking Free Land In The Midwest Faced A A Waiting Period Before Land Ownership B Brainly Com On January 1 1863 Daniel Freeman made the first claim under the Act which gave citizens or future citizens up to 160 acres of public land provided they live on it improve it and pay a small registration fee. . In this shift toward agricultural dominance California relied on the cheap labor of Mexicans and Mexican. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act on May 20 1862.