How did the homestead act affect us expansion?

a. the act closed consumer markets and hurt the economy.

b. the act gave homesteaders a reliable link to the east

c. the act contributed to the closing of the western frontier.

d. the act prepared available land in the west for planting.

I would say D because the homestead act got rid of the natives and they gave acres of land to farmers for free

D. The act prepared available land in the West for planting.

Explanation:

The Homestead Act was a law of the United States of America created by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862. Large contingents of immigrants from Europe participated in the occupation of the vast west of the United States and without them this achievement would not lead to cape. To attract immigrants, the US government UU decreed in 1862, the Homestead Act, which defines the ownership of a property of 65 hectares to those who cultivate it for five years. Anyone who had never taken up arms against the US government. The US, including freed slaves, could file a claim for a federal land grant. This law greatly increased the flow of European immigrants to the United States. The conquest of the West, which began with the purchase of Louisiana and ended with the purchase of southern Arizona in 1853, coincided with the period of US industrialization.

fair labor standards act

explanation:

b. they tried to evict the squatters from the area.

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