In the debate over the constitution, what did federalists favor?
a. a bill of rights
b. an end to taxes
c. a strong national government
d. strong state governments

what are local authorities doing to fix the problem

explanation: what are local authorities doing to fix the problem

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