Westerners like Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri favored a homestead act that would:
a. allow speculators to buy land at low prices
b. lower the cost of western land to $2.00 an acre
c. give land free to actual settlers
d. protect the land rights of Native Americans
C
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