I think the answer is b there you go
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Answer is: <span>b.a series of federal land grants.
</span><span>Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to private property through homesteading.
</span>The Great Plains <span>is the broad expanse of flat land</span><span> that lies west of the </span>Mississippi River tallgrass prairie<span> states and east of the </span>Rocky Mountains<span> in the United States and Canada. </span>
<span>Unlike Portuguese explorers, Columbus believed that he could get to Asia more quickly by sailing west rather than east.
The Portuguese searched for Asia going west, sailing around the southern tip of Africa, whereas Columbus went west, which is the reason he came across America whilst searching for India. </span>
