What were the characteristics of the papal monarchy and the new religious orders of the high middle ages, and what role did women play in the religious life of the period? what was the church's attitude toward heretics and jews during the high middle ages?

the answer is a, salt plain

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