John works on capitol hill in washington d. c. and works night and day to gain legislative support for drilling for oil in the pacific ocean. what type of career does john have? a. john is the owner of an oil company. b.john is the leader of a special interest group. c.john is a lobbyist. d.john is a member of congress.

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