under the homestead act, land would be given to settlers by the ________.
A. GOVERNMENT
B. LAND ACT
C. NATIVE AMERICANS

Respuesta :

Signed into law in May 1862, the Homestead Act opened up settlement in the western United States, allowing any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. ... The Homestead Act (May 20, 1862) set in motion a program of public land grants to small farmers.

Answer:

government

Explanation:

The was to get rid of land owed by the government