Which is an accurate statement of the effects of Gettysburg and Vicksburg? A: The battles were the major turning point of the Civil War.
B: The battles were decisive victories with little loss of life.
C: The battles strengthened Confederate determination to keep fighting.
D: The battles gave the Confederacy control of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

i  think it  A

Explanation:

if not sorry  have  a  great day or night

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