The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged Western settlement during the war by:
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Correct answer: Offering 160 acres of free public land to anyone who would farm it for five years
The Republican-controlled Congress passed this to promote the vision of 'free soil, free labor.' It was intended to populate the West with small independent farmers rather than large slave-holding estates.
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