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In what way did the Homestead Act drive the settlement of the West?*

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By opening territories for settlement to anyone willing to work the land
By making land ownership by American Indians a federal crime
O By giving federal land to wealthy planters to be developed by slaves
By forcing American Indians off their land and onto reservations

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O By opening territories for settlement to anyone willing to work on the land

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