This passage is adapted from 'the civil war and reconstruction in the american west" by elliott west
which two statements in the text provide the reasons for the creation of a reservation system in indian territory?
paradoxically, the war's greatest impact on the west came after the fighting there was over. with union forces firmly in control and with
southem opposition gone from the nation's capital, congress passed and president lincoln signed three measures of the greatest significance in
the coming decades. on may 20, 1862. the homestead act became law. it granted 160 acres of unclaimed public land to any adult, including
immigrants intending to become citizens, who worked the land for five years while making certain improvements, including building a dwelling
roughly six weeks later, on july 1. lincoln signed the pacific railway act providing land and government loans to construct the first
transcontinental rail line. the next day he signed the morrill act. the act allotted public lands to states to finance colleges dedicated to
agricultural education and research, an especially pressing need given the semi-arid west's great challenges to farmers of that day