Question

In 1820, Congress reduced the price of federal land to $1.25 per acre. What was the purpose of this policy?
A. to promote settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
B. to sell off the territory covered by the Homestead Act
OC. to encourage construction around Washington, D.C.
OD. to reduce the territory that the U.S. Army had to defend

Answer 1

A. to promote settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Lowering the price made land affordable to small farmers and encouraged westward expansion and settlement of the frontier (the Homestead Act came later, in 1862).