6. What was the purpose of Congress' creation of the compromises developed before the Civil War?
a. To make the North more powerful
b. To force the South to leave the Union
C. To keep the South from seceding from the Union
d. To keep the West from having problems with slavery

it c or b but i think is c

Explanation:

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 right answer is d