What is the main idea of this excerpt?
Harriet worked for a man called Mr. Flint who became very impatient when she did not finish her work.
Harriet waited until after midnight to run down the stairs and jump out of a window into the rain.
Harriet was a frightened young girl who found the faith and courage to leave her home for an unknown life.
Harriet felt very nervous about running away because she did not like being alone in the darkness.

the answer is: the sesquicentennial of the american civil war is an occasion to consider the legacy of that great conflict. this legacy is our inheritance, and despite many indelible features, we continue to negotiate the resolution of that conflict. the civil war was fought over slavery, but not always on behalf of slaves

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

food chain i would say only because there is competition on getting food and survival