Answer:
In the US they are called Congressmen, congresswomen or member of congress.
Explanation:
Congress represents the people of all the different districts of a nation.
Senate represents the government of those territories.
Both make up the legislative branch, but technically, congress represents directly the constituency from an electoral district.
The correct answer is "granted farmers land". The Homestead Act signed in 1842, allowed any American in the western United States to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. This Act was well received as 15,000 signed papers were established by the end of the Civil War.
