People vote for candidates to represent them in the decision-making process in a/an
a- sovereign state
b- representative democracy
c- absolute monarchy
d- direct democracy

Modern nations, including the United States, have too many people for a direct democracy. Instead, people vote for candidates to represent them in the decision-making process. This form of government is called representative democracy.

answer; people where able to travel across the u.s.a faster than any other mode of transportation,travel time was about a week,from coast to coast

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