How did the Homestead Act encourage people to move west?(1 point)

Question

Responses

A. It arranged for Native Americans to guide settlers on their journey west.
A. It arranged for Native Americans to guide settlers on their journey west.

B. It limited poverty in the South by giving houses, jobs, and food to settlers willing to move west.
B. It limited poverty in the South by giving houses, jobs, and food to settlers willing to move west.

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

D. It set up reservations for freed African Americans after the Civil War.

Answer 1

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