Civics-Acts-MyTest-05

Which COMPETENCY was used to compose this question?

As the United States grew in the 20th century, rising land prices in the East and competition from large, well-financed farms pushed smaller farmers westward. This created federal pressure for a new land policy. In response, Congress passed the ______________, which encouraged westward migration by giving any U.S. citizen, or prospective citizen, the ability to claim 160 acres of public land in exchange for a small filing fee and a promise to live on, improve, and farm it for five years. This led to a mass migration, the elimination of buffalo, the unsustainable use of natural resources, and the displacement of Native Americans and destruction of their way of life.

• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
• Homestead Act (1862)
• Civil Rights Act (1866)