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The purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862 was to
A) encourage people to populate U.S. territories west of the Mississippi River.
B) provide people with economic incentives to settle in the territory of Florida.
C) provide free blacks with “40 acres and a mule” in former Confederate states.
D) offer former Confederate officers a place to live in return for their loyalty to the U.S.

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The purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862 was to
A)	encourage people to populate U.S. territories west of the Mississippi River.	
B)	provide people with economic incentives to settle in the territory of Florida.	
C)	provide free blacks with “40 acres and a mule” in former Confederate states.	
D)	offer former Confederate officers a place to live in return for their loyalty to the U.S.

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