MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Question
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The Homestead Act (1862) encouraged the settlement of the West because it provided ____
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forty acres of land and a mule to formerly enslaved persons
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land to people who would live on it for at least five years
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mining claims for prospectors seeking gold and silver
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land to companies to build transcontinental railroads
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Passed on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting adult heads of families 160 acres of surveyed public land for a minimal filing fee and five years of continuous residence on that land.
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