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Kinkaid Act

American  

noun

U.S. History.

  1. an act of Congress (1904) providing for the granting of 640-acre homesteads to settlers in western Nebraska.

Etymology

Origin of Kinkaid Act

Named after Moses Kinkaid (1854–1922), American congressman

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