The Homestead Act of 1862 pulled settlers to the plains by offering 160 free acres of federal land to any American, including freed slaves.
My answer is A. the German army
The answer is: A: It encouraged people to borrow money to buy stocks.
With the boom, banks began to give loans where they once had not. This risk of borrowing money from the bank was, in most people's view, a rewarding risk.
