How did the homestead act encourage people to move to the west?

Question

A They arrange for Native Americans to guide settlers on their journey west
B Limited poverty in the south by giving houses, jobs, and food to settlers willing to move west
C it offered acres a free land to settlers who were willing to farm
D Set up reservations for free African-Americans after the Civil War

Answer 1

C It offered acres of free land to settlers who were willing to farm.