The American land system encouraged pioneer settlers to take an active part in the development of the west by awarding large tract of free land to them, or by giving them very cheap land.

• 它不是针对旧有已开发土地的重新分配和管理，而主要针对新获得的未开垦处女地的分配和处理，它主要解决的是新土地的开发问题，即如何调配土地资源，如何发挥个人和公司在西部土地开发中的积极性。