One Problem with the Homestead Act Was That

One problem with the Homestead Act was that

A) public land was sold for revenue.
B) 160 acres were inadequate for productive farming on the rain-scarce Great Plains.
C) midwestern farmers had to give up raising livestock because of stiff competition with the West.
D) the railroads purchased most of this land.
E) it required farmers to actually live on the land for five years.