Question

What percentage of US land was given away through the Homestead Act? all 50% 10% 1%

Answer 1

Answer:

10%

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Answer 2

Answer is 10%. 

About 270 million acres of public land was given away for free to Homesteaders, people seeking to settle out west under the Homestead Act. This constituted about 10% of the US. The first of the acts was passed in 1862, and the second in 1866.