What requirements did settlers have to meet to keep their claims? check all of the boxes that apply. settlers had to promise to avoid contact with american indian tribal lands. settlers had to be twenty-one years old or the head of a family. settlers had to be us citizens or have filed for us citizenship. settlers had to improve the land (e.g., by building a house) to keep it.
According the the Homestead Act of 1862, the only two valid answers are A. Settlers had to promise to avoid contact with American Indian tribal lands and D. Settlers had to improve the land (e.g., by buying a house) to keep it.
