What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?
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O
A. To further assimilation policies by breaking up Indigenous peoples'
land for agricultural
use
B. To offer public land in the West to people who could build a home
or farm on the
land for five years
C. To set aside undesirable parcels of land that the U.S. government
could use to create reservations
D. To offer federal subsidies for land and loans to build the first
Transcontinental
Railroad