The first major battle of the civil war took place at
antietam.
bull run.
fredericksburg.
chancellorsville.

  Bull Run

Explanation:  The first major battle in the Civil War was the Battle of Bull Run, conducted on July 21, 1861. Also known as the First Battle of Manassas because the first of two clashes was on a small stream called Bull Run near Manassas in Northern Virginia. The first major battle of the Civil War resulted in the victory of the Confederation, despite the desire in the North that the Union Army, after the attack on Fort Sumter, gained an advantage in the South.

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