Which of the following statements was not true of the 1862 homestead
act?
(a) it provided a system for the federal government to provide land
directly to settlers.
(b) it made land available to citizens and to immigrants who planned to
become citizens.
(c) farmers were given ownership of land after living on it for fi ve years.
(d) to claim land, farmers had to build a dwelling and cultivate the land.
(e) land speculators were eff ectively kept from abusing the act.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

the answer is c. hope is