Question

Which of these groups benefited from the 1862 Homestead Act?

Answer 1

I'll need a little bit more information than that, however the answer that best suits the question is: White male settlers. They were payed to settle the west.<span />

Answer 2

Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, the correct response would be that "settlers heading west" most benefited from the 1862 Homestead Act, since this act provided them with practically free land on which to settle.