The United States government aided agriculture by passing the 1862 Homestead Act, which:
a. provided millions of acres to subsidize homes along new railroads
b. set aside millions of acres to help subsidize higher education
c. required homesteaders to set aside 16 acres of their plots as wilderness preserves
d. gave a family head over age 21 the right to own 160 acres of free public land
D
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