Which of the following is an example of a claim that a historian might make about the american civil war? a. the emancipation proclamation freed slaves only in states that had seceded fro the union b. the american civil war had many causes, and this paper will explain them all c. president lincoln wrote in a letter, "if i could save the union without freeing any slaves i would do it" d. former slaves fighting in the union army were essential to several northern victories

i do believe its (d) it allowed the government to offer pioneers sixty acres of western land if they lived on it and made improvements to it.

explanation: signed into law in may 1862, the homestead act opened up settlement in the western united states, allowing any american, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. by the end of the civil war, 15,000 homestead claims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years

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