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When Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which made acres of government held land available for purchase at a very low cost?

  1. 1862

  2. 1863

  3. 1861

  4. 1864
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Lincoln signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862. This landmark legislation made millions of acres of government-held land in the West available for purchase at very low cost. The law required settlers to improve the land by building a dwelling and cultivating crops, promoting westward expansion after the Civil War.

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