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[|**Vocabulary Practice Activity**]
 * Homestead Act || Offered 160 acres of free land to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household. ||
 * exoduster || African-Americans who moved from the post-Reconstruction South to Kansas. ||
 * soddy || A home made by stacking blocks of prarie turf. ||
 * Morrill Act || Gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges. ||
 * bonanza farm || Enormous single-crop spread of 15,000-50,000 acres. ||