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Student Essay on Farming in the 1800's

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Farming in the 1800's

Summary:   Essay describes the aspect of farming in the mid 1800's.


Way back when in the eighteen hundreds farming was growing and there lots of people coming over from other countries to farm here, like the damned Chinese. The government was giving away land; they passed three new land acts which enabled certain people, and companies to get free land. This created homes, jobs and places where people could work, farm and live. The railroad companies were getting bigger, and got over 125 million acres of from the federal government and 100 million from the state and local governments. This provided a way for crops to be shipped in large quantities, and also let people move from one place to another.

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