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The late 1800s were a time of growth for agriculture in the United States. After the end of the Civil War and the passage of the Homestead Act in 1862, which gave free land to any family that would promise to settle on it for at least five years, huge areas of the Midwest and western United States were turned into farms. But even though farming grew tremendously in this period, actual conditions for farmers were tough, often extremely so. The increasing urbanization and industrialization of the country meant that even though more people were entering rural life than ever before.
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