Which piece of legislation granted free land to settlers willing to move to western territories?

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Morleyc · Answer 1 · 2024-03-12T10:48:55+0000

Answer: To help develop the American West and spur economic growth, Congress passed the Homestead Act of 1862, which provided 160 acres of federal land to anyone who agreed to farm the land. The act distributed millions of acres of western land to individual settlers.

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