What was one key requirement that applicants had to meet to receive land under the Homestead Act?

What was one key requirement that applicants had to meet to receive land under the Homestead Act?

1. They had to live on the land all year long.

2. They had to farm the land for five years in a row.

3. They had to file a claim with a bank.

4. THey had to whel portable cabins from plot to plot.

1. They had to live on the land all year long.

1. They had to live on the land all year long.-