Why were settlers attracted to the oregon country? select all that apply. the oregon country offered an abundance of open fields for farming. the oregon country was dryer than the east coast and great plains. the oregon country offered fertile soil along the pacific coast. the oregon country consisted of mild temperatures throughout the year

it foreshadows the theme of the paragraph and hints the topic that will be discussed in the paragraph!

i do believe its (d) it allowed the government to offer pioneers sixty acres of western land if they lived on it and made improvements to it.

explanation: signed into law in may 1862, the homestead act opened up settlement in the western united states, allowing any american, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. by the end of the civil war, 15,000 homestead claims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years