Which is the best description of the effect that the homestead act had on the american economy in the late 1800's?
a) the act had positive effect on the social status of minorities and immigrants in american society.
b) the homestead act resulted in the near extinction of the western buffalo and had a tremendously negative impact on native american culture.
c) the homestead act created sectional tension between northern and southern politicians over the issue of slavery's expansion into new territories.
d) while the east gradually became more and more urban and industrial, the farmlands of the west became the center of the nation's agricultural production.