1 Therefore, she invited her to visit the U.S. 2  After a total stay of two months in India, she headed to the U.S. again. 3  She stayed in the U.S. for 5 months and visited her other daughter's houses too. 4  Lakshmi went back to India. 5  Two months later, her middle daughter informed her that she is pregnant.
Twelve people were killed during the strike and another 23 were injured. The Homestead Strike started on June 30, 1892 and ended on July 6, 1892. It was a fight between steel workers in Pennsylvania and a company called Carnegie Steel.
Congress passed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862, granting any American citizen, intended citizen or freed slave who had never taken up arms against the United States 160 acres of land in exchange for a filing fee. Any head of a household age 21 and over could claim land under the new act. Over 270 million acres, or 10 percent of the continental United States, was set aside for claim through the Homestead Act. Such an act helped thousands achieve the American dream of owning their very own land.