"There are certain things we can only do together. There are certain things only a union can do. Only a union could harness the courage of our pioneers to settle the American west, which is why [President Abraham Lincoln] passed a Homestead Act giving a tract of land to anyone seeking a stake in our growing economy." - President Barack Obama
Passage of the Homestead Act and of legislation supporting the construction of the
transcontinental railroads demonstrated the federal government's commitment A. to...equality for all immigrants and native Americans

b. limits on big business

c. conservation of natural resources

D. settlement of western territories

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Which line from extremely loud and incredibly close reveals a melancholy tone? as for the bracelet mom wore to the funeral, what i did was i converted dad’s last voice message into morse code, and i used sky-blue beads for silence, maroon beads for breaks between letters . . she said it was the best gift she’d ever received. i asked her if it was better than the edible tsunami, from when i was interested in edible meteorological events. she said, “different.” i wanted to tell her she shouldn’t be playing scrabble yet. or looking in the mirror. or turning the stereo any louder than what you needed just to hear it. it wasn’t fair to dad, and it wasn’t fair to me. i made her other morse code jewelry with dad’s messages—a necklace, an anklet, some dangly earrings, a tiara—but the bracelet was definitely the most beautiful, probably because it was the last, which made it the most precious.

The three estates social system in france ensured balanced representation of all people and treated each social group fairly. true or false ? why?