Which of the following is a consequence of the dynamic competition among branches of government described in the passage?
1. many states have the decision-making powers of the legislative and executive branches fused together.2. the executive branch tends to increase at the expense of other branches.3. effective policy change among governmental levels and branches occurs with little long-term abuse of authority.4. many states do not have significant policy-making power since the federal government is effective in making policy for them.

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

the founding fathers did not think women were asmportant as mern were and men could do more and better things then women