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Why did congress pass the homestead act? check all of the boxes that apply. to limit opportunities to access natural resources to open up new lands to farmers to encourage the westward expansion of the united states

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Congress passed the Homestead act to open up new lands to farmers and to encourage the westward expansion of the United States.
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