What is the formal role of the united states in amending the constitution?
a. they propose and pass amendments
b. they declare amendments constitutional
c. they ratify amendments
d. they have no formal role in the process

the answer is b,.

explanation:

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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