Question

Read the passage below. From which of the following documents was the passage taken?

"Be it enacted.... That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a
citizen of the United States... shall... after the first of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be entitled to enter one
quarter section... of unappropriated public lands."
- May 20, 1862
A. the Interstate Commerce Act
B. the Pacific Railway Act
C. the Homestead Act
D. the Dawes Act

Answer 1

The passage is taken from the Homestead Act, passed on May 20, 1862. This act allowed individuals to claim public lands for settlement and cultivation.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage is taken from the Homestead Act, passed on May 20, 1862. This act allowed any person who was the head of a family or who was 21 years of age and a citizen of the United States to enter one quarter section of unappropriated public lands.

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