4. The writings of both John Locke and Thomas Hobbes played a major role in the development of which of the following beliefs: (SSCG2b)
A) Strong rulers have the right to rule to prevent chaos and disorder.
B) People have the authority to overthrow their government if they are
oppressive.
C) Government is based on a social contract that exists between the ruler
and the ruled.
D) Government's main role is to protect a citizens natural rights.

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

john maynrd keynes developed new economic respose to the                           ( b. great depression if the 1930's)

europeans carried a hidden enemy to the indians: new diseases. native peoples of america had no immunity to the diseases that european explorers and colonists brought with them. diseases such as smallpox, influenza, measles, and even chicken pox proved deadly to american indians