Essay 1:  The Passage of three government acts paved the way to settlement of the

              West.  Comment.

I.  Homestead Act

    A.  Provisions-

        result-

    B.  3 groups of settlers

        1.  White Americans from East

        2.  African Americans

             exodusters-

        3.  European immigrants and Asians

    C.  Bonanza farms

II.  Pacific Railway Act

    A.  Transcontinental Railroad-

    B.  Companies-

    C.  Bonanza Farms-

    D.  Cattle boom-

III.  Morrill Act