Question

The homestead act __________. granted land to settlers willing and able to farm the land for five years guaranteed military protection from indians to western settlers barred most ex-slaves and other non-whites from western settlement denied land to eastern speculators and corporations

Answer 1

Choice (A) is the most correct. The Homestead Act was well-known for granting land to anyone willing and able to take the land and farm it for the five years after it was given to them. This ended up opening up much of the Midwest and Southwest to settlers who were looking for a new place to start their families and lives.