Question

What event in 1862 encouraged settlement of the Great Plains? A. completion of the transcontinental railroad B. defeat of hostile Native American tribes C. passage of the Homestead Act D. passage of the Contract Labor Law

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter C.

Explanation: Homestead Act occurs on 1862, it was land distribution policy that would guide the human occupation of the American West.

In this law, any householder over 21 who had never fought the United States in any conflict would have the right to occupy a quarter-square mile of vacant land. In this way, a model based on small property, poly culture and family labor, solved the American agrarian question.