Question

(HC)The intention of the Homestead Act was to provide undeveloped land as a solution to economic challenges that many faced in the United States. Which of the following was a flaw in the Act?

Answer 1

A flaw in the act was that the homestead did not allow women, African Americans, or immigrants to acquire land.

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Answer 2

The Homestead Act was an act that granted Americans 160-acre plots of public land for a small price. This was considered one of the most important legislation in the Civil War Era because it led to the West expansion.

The problem was that the Act had a flaw that allowed speculators to take advantage of the Act, most of those that purchased the land were speculators, cattlemen, miners, lumbermen and railroads, which was not the purpose of the Act.