Which of the following statements best describes mexican history after independence?
a. mexico has been at war or in a state of revolution from independence to today.
b. social class has not been an important factor in determining opportunity.
c. many different cultures have coexisted peacefully.
d. small groups have always held power and wealth, while many people have remained poor. (my answer)

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