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    The Kinkaid Act of 1904 (ch. 1801, 33 Stat. 547, Apr. 28, 1904, 43 U.S.C. § 224) is a U.S. statute that amended the 1862 Homestead Act so that one section...
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    Congress passed the Kinkaid Act, which granted larger homestead tracts, up to 640 acres, to homesteaders in Nebraska. This act allowed homesteads within...
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  • Kinkaid may refer to Kinkaid (surname) USS Kinkaid, a Spruance-class U.S. Navy destroyer Kinkaid Act of 1904, which applied to Western Nebraska, U.S. Kinkaid...
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    of the 1904 Kinkaid Land Act, which allowed homesteaders to claim up to 640 acres (260 ha) of government land in western Nebraska. Kinkaid was born near...
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    region in the late 1870s and again around 1890.[citation needed] The 1904 Kinkaid Act allowed homesteaders to claim 640 acres (260 ha; 2.6 km2) of land, rather...
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    five years and cultivated it. The provisions were expanded under the Kinkaid Act of 1904 to include a homestead of an entire section. Hundreds of thousands...
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    (65 ha) offered under the Homestead Act, granting 640 acres (260 ha) to homesteaders in western Nebraska under the Kinkaid Act (1904) and 320 acres (130 ha)...
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    The Reclamation Act (also known as the Lowlands Reclamation Act or National Reclamation Act) of 1902 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 57–161)...
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  • Aldrich–Vreeland Act Tillman Act of 1907 Federal Employers Liability Act Kinkaid Act Big stick ideology Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty Panama Canal Zone Panama...
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    Tribune, an O'Neill native Moses Kinkaid, resident, Republican U.S. Representative from Nebraska and sponsor of Kinkaid Act, expanding the amount of land...
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    Crawford's population peaked at 2,536 in 1910, largely because of the Kinkaid Act. It attracted many new settlers to western Nebraska who could claim public...
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    her siblings, was assigned an enslaved child as her personal "shadow", to act as a companion. Mittie's companion, Lavinia, went everywhere with her, stopping...
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    infirm, T.R. turned more and more to his daughter Alice for advice and to act as a go-between in delicate political situations. In 1895 at age 40, Anna...
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  • Roosevelt's time in office. The Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902. The Kinkaid Act of 1904. The Forest Homestead Act (1906) allowed the patenting, or deeding, of...
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    Deal domestic agenda, he stumbled badly during the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act debate and the Pinchot–Ballinger controversy. The political fallout of these...
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    Nebraska Sandhills. Pioneers seeking land under the 1862 Homestead Act and the 1904 Kinkaid Act found a dearth of trees over much of Nebraska. In many parts...
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    the turn of the 20th century, but in 1904, with the enactment of the Kinkaid Act, a new round of settlers reinvigorated the population. As of the 2000...
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  • voted on by the United States Congress. It was superseded by the Immigration Act of 1924. Chinese immigration to California boomed during the Gold Rush of...
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    graduates of these schools based on their performance. The National Defense Act of 1916 continued the student military training and the businessmen's summer...
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    ranchers, who raised both crops and cattle. The 1904 passage of the Kinkaid Act, which allowed homesteaders to claim 640 acres (260 ha) brought a new...
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