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1862 Pursuant to the Homestead Act, passed in 1862, from January 1, 1863, anyU.S. citizen aged 21 or over who meets the naturalization requirements andapplies for U.S. citizenship Foreigners can obtain no more than 160 acres ofwestern state-owned land as living and farming "land" for free or bypaying a $ 10 registration fee. After five years of farming, or living ona homestead for five and a half years and paying a fee of $ 1.25 per acre, theywill own the land they acquire.

In 1862, the Senate and House of Representatives voted, and President Lincolnapproved the passage of the Homestead Act. Horace Greeley (1811-1872), anold friend of the President and editor-in-chief of the New York Homestead Act,shouted a loud slogan, "Go West, Young People, Go West", thus openingup the American West Development prelude. It was now 14 years sinceGreeley, then a member of Parliament (1848-1849), first introduced the LandReform Bill.

"A person with or without money should have a place in this world."Greeley firmly believes that this is a right granted to every American citizenby the United States Constitution. The purpose of the American Revolutionwas to defend people's freedom, property, and the right to pursuehappiness. He quoted Locke's view that since Adam, human beings have beengiven land by God, and owning land is a natural right of human beings. Theland itself has no value. Through human labor, the land is given value andbecomes human property. However, after the founding of the People'sRepublic of China, many land laws "claimed that the freedom of the peopleis the freedom to starve", which violates God's moralprinciples. Greeley's article asks: How do industrial workers in the Eastgain economic independence? How to solve urban and rural unemployment andpoverty? His answer was immigration and free land.

In 1847, Greeley called for "the need to pass legislation to distributeland fairly and quickly to ensure the economic stability of theindividual." In 1848, the newly formed Free Soil Party made threepropositions: First, Congress