Answer:
The correct answer is D. It allowed the government to offer pioneers sixty acres of western land if they lived on it and made improvements to it.
Explanation:
The homestead act was necessary in the government's vision of Manifest Destiny and to expand the country westwards into new territory
As most of the country's wealth and population was in the north-east, it was difficult to promote the newly acquired territories for people to settle in. Without any settlers, there would be no economic activity in the region. Without economic activity, the regions would not provide any significant benefit.
Hence, the Homestead Act gave any American citizen the right to 160 Acres of land to farm and after 5 years, they would own the land. Unfortunately, the act did not bring in the development the government was hoping for as most of this new land make in the hands of Property Speculators.
However, that was not the initial intention which is why option C is wrong.
Prince Henry changed the course of Portugal's history because his keen eye for exploration. <span>Portugal led the way in exploration and it is credited to Prince Henry.</span>
<span>It provided them with water and fertility as an advantage and was a natural barrier for enemies who would want to attack them. On the other hand it could flood and destroy towns and villages that would have to be built anew. They saw the flooding as the will of the gods and believed that the gods were crying so that's why the Nile flooded. </span>
It was seen by the British as their most immediately successful colony due to a rich economy based on tobacco.
They were based religion during the pilgrims time because they neded food.