Which BEST explains how railroad companies manipulated the Homestead Act for their own purposes? A
They hired fake claimants to purchase land they could resell at high prices.
B
They used the loophole of the size of the required dwelling to build small shacks.
С
They purchased land and then sold supplies to desperate settlers at gouged prices.
D
They were able to buy up big parcels of land without specifying what the land would
be used for.