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Unit 4B: Test

Question 1 • [HSSUS] US History, Sem 1 (26-27)

How did the federal government use land grants in the West in the 1860s?

Answer
A
The government gave land to the railroads to spur the development of a transcontinental railroad.
B
The government used land grants to relocate Indigenous People onto reservations.
C
The government slowed settlement of the West by withholding land grants until the Civil War was over.
D
The government offered land grants to free African Americans after the end of the Civil War.
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