Multiple choice

Which law encouraged settlers to move west by offering cheap land for settlers to improve?

  1. Espionage and Sedition Acts

  2. Sherman Anti-Trust Act

  3. The Homestead Act

  4. Selective Service Act

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Homestead Act of 1862 provided 160 acres of federal land to settlers who agreed to farm and improve the land for five years, encouraging westward expansion.