question 12 (3.33 points)
what was the purpose of the series of conferences president hoover conducted in
1930 in response to the economy? ||
o to inform the american public about how the government was handling the
crisis
o to discuss social improvement projects with members of congress
oto force companies to rehire the workers they had laid off
to convince business leaders to retain workers and maintain wages

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