Match the vocabulary word with its meaning. 1. a horrible act of violence against another person or group
atrocity
2. a formal statement of aims, goals, and principles of an organization
sanctions
3. the systematic killing of a people group by another people group
charter
4. a person or group that tries to improve the lives of others
genocide
5. to give formal approval to an agreement
ratify
6. penalties for violating rules
veto
7. a vote that rejects a measure or bill
humanitarian

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 viking voyages took place during the middle ages, which was about this time. 500 to 1350. the viking voyages took place during the middle ages, which was about this time.