Read the excerpt from "Land For Free.”The Bauer family was making their way west to find railroad work. They had stopped to rest their oxen when they saw a notice pinned to a station wall.Free Land!April 22, 1889 At high noon, a race will be held to settle two million acres of newly opened lands in Oklahoma territory.
Answer
A
It provides them with the opportunity to gain employment on the railroad.
B
It provides them with the opportunity to work on someone else’s land.
C
It provides them with the opportunity to travel to another part of the country.
D
It provides them with the opportunity to farm and own their own land.