GCSE History · America 1840–1895
New GCSE History revision on the homesteaders - the ordinary families who claimed land under the Homestead Act and faced extraordinary hardship turning the Great Plains into farmland in the 1860s–1880s.
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Sodbusters, dry farming, and barbed wire: the story of the homesteaders
By The GroLearning Team · 12 June, 2026