One fraudulent strategy that speculators engaged in was

The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "B. promising homesteaders a reliable link to the East."

Here are the following choices:

A. selling public land to American Indians of the plains.

B. promising homesteaders a reliable link to the East.

C. building several structures on a parcel of land to rent out.

D. building tiny structures on land to meet the requirements.