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31 October, 00:38

How did the Homestead Act (1862) encourage people to settle the Great Plains?

A.

gave free land to the heads of families who agreed to live on the land for five years

B.

set up governments in mining towns

C.

extended the railroads along the Chisholm Trail

D.

closed the frontier so people would settle in the plains

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  1. 31 October, 01:18
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    Signed into law by president Abraham Lincoln on may 20th, 1862, the home stead act encouraged western mitigation by providing settlers 160 acres of public land!

    A) is the proper option!
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