Source: The Homestead Act, 1862.
"Sec. 2. ...that the person applying for the benefit of this act shall... make affidavit... that said entry is made for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and not either directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever..."
Which of the following was a primary economic or social effect of the federal policy described in the excerpt during the late nineteenth century?
- It encouraged a massive wave of migration and agricultural settlement by individual families on the Great Plains.Cevap
- BIt succeeded in preserving Native American communal land rights by shielding tribal reservations from private settlement.
- CIt reflected the federal government's adherence to a strict laissez-faire policy by refusing to distribute public land.
- DIt was primarily championed by urban Progressive reformers to establish municipal cooperative food markets.
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It encouraged a massive wave of migration and agricultural settlement by individual families on the Great Plains.
The correct answer is the option stating that the policy encouraged a massive wave of migration and agricultural settlement by individual families on the Great Plains. The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed settlers to acquire 160 acres of public land for a small fee if they lived on it and cultivated it for five years, which directly accelerated the settlement of the western frontier by individual farming families.
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The Homestead Act of 1862 facilitated westward migration and agricultural development by offering free land to individuals who cultivated it.
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