According to the cartoonist, in the 1880s the United States was controlled by A. senators selected by state legis atures .
B. representatives elected by the people.
C. people most affected by goverment laws and policies.
D. wealthy industrialists.

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

pennsylvania, new hampshire, massachusetts, connecticut and rhode island .

c. asking questions

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