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question 9
which of the following represents an action that the u.s. government took to help americans fulfill the goal of western expansion?
the official creation of the philosophy of manifest destiny
the passage of the homestead act
the development of stricter immigration policies
the introduction of new irrigation techniques

Explanation:

Manifest Destiny was a cultural ideology, not a government-created policy. Stricter immigration policies would have discouraged western settlement, and new irrigation techniques were developed by individuals/settlers, not the U.S. government. The Homestead Act (1862) was a federal law that provided public land to settlers for free (with small requirements) to encourage western expansion.

Answer:

the passage of the Homestead Act