The correct term that matches the description of providing free land (160 acres) in the west, as long as the person would settle there and make improvements in five years, is the Homestead Act.
1862 - provided free land (160 acres) in the west as long as the person would settle there and make improvements in five years
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Kansas-nebraska Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
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