<span>The correct answer is the Homestead Act
of 1862. </span>
The Homestead Act provided free plots
of land to people that were willing to build and farm on the land. This
resulted in more than 270 million acres which comprise about 10 percent of U.S
land being given free
The Industrial Revolution involved a shift in the United States from manual labor-based industry to more technical and machine-based manufacturing. It also paved the way for many manufacturers.
The Pacific Railroad Act stipulated that the Central Pacific Railroad Company would start building in Sacramento and continue east across the Sierra Nevada, while a second company, the Union Pacific Railroad, would build westward from the Missouri River, near the Iowa-Nebraska border.
