Social interaction: The term social interaction is defined as the phenomenon which is responsible for an exchange between two or more than two persons and therefore it is considered as a building block of a particular society. Through interaction among different people, an individual tends to design institutions, rules, and systems within which he or she seeks to live.
Forms of social interaction include conflict, accommodation, competition, cooperation, and exchange.
In the question above, the given statement illustrates the social interaction.
The 1862 Homestead Act accelerated settlement of U.S. western territory by allowing any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land.