The Homestead Act of 1862: A Primary Source History of the Settlement of the American Heartland...Late 19th Century cover

The Homestead Act of 1862: A Primary Source History of the Settlement of the American Heartland...Late 19th Century

Author: Porterfield, Jason

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 7.9
Points 2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 9852
Points per Word 0.000203
Page Count 64
Points per Page 0.03125
Series Primary Sources in American History; Primary Source

Description

This book chronicles the history of the Homestead Act of 1862, which offered settlers up to one hundred sixty acres of land in the American Plains, and describes the lives of homesteaders, including new immigrants, women, and freed slaves.