____________ was an incentive in which settlers who moved west could lay claim to 160 acres of federal land by residing on a property for five years and improving it in some way.

The Trail of Tears

The 1862 Homestead Act

The greenback

Westward expansion

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The 1862 Homestead Act was an incentive in which settlers who moved west could lay claim to 160 acres of federal land by residing on a property for five years and improving it in some way.