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This act gave free plots of land to people who agreed to build upon it and farm on it.

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The correct answer is the Homestead Act of 1862.

The Homestead Act provided free plots of land to people that were willing to build and farm on the land. This resulted in more than 270 million acres which comprise about 10 percent of U.S land being given free

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