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One fraudulent strategy that speculators engaged in was




selling public land to American Indians of the plains.


promising homesteaders a reliable link to the East.


building several structures on a parcel of land to rent out.


building tiny structures on land to meet the requirements.

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Constructing small houses on the land to meet the qualifications, is the correct answer.

Explanation:

The Homestead Act of May 1862 provided the opportunity to settle in the Western part of the U.S. All Americans and released slaves could maintain up to 160 free acres of national property. The state approximately accepted 1.6 million of applications. This program of federal land awarded land for small peasants. The intricacy was that one of the fraudulent tactics that the Homestead Act business-people involved in was constructing small houses on land to meet the obligations.o

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D

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