Question

Under the Homestead Act, the

settler had to stay for 5 years to
receive full ownership of the land.

Approximately, what percentage
of settlers stayed 5 years?
A. 90%
B. 75%
C. 50%
D. 20%

Answer 1

D 20%

The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead. In all, more than 160 million acres (650 thousand km2; 250 thousand sq mi) of public land, or nearly 10 percent of the total area of the United States, was given away free to 1.6 million homesteaders; most of the homesteads were west of the Mississippi River.

any white settler to claim a maximum of six hundred and forty acres.[8]