The Preemption Acts during the 1830s and 1840s
A) increased the minimum amount of public-land purchases.
B) reserved choice public lands for the political elite.
C) encouraged westward migration by protection of "squatters' rights."
D) offered free government land to prospective settlers.
Answer: C
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