Homestead Act was the bill passed by the Congress in 1862 gave 160 acres of public land to anyone willing to settle it. The correct option among all the options given in the question is option "C".
The Homestead Acts consisted
of numerous Federal laws of United States of America that gave the applicants
ownership of lands at minimal or no cost at all. The people who never took up
arms against the government of united states were eligible as applicants.
