In what way could the american victory at yorktown be called "lucky"?
the french fleet arrived at the right moment to blockade a british escape.
the americans were able to defeat the british without support from the french.
the british fleet arrived at yorktown in time to evacuate 8,000 troops.
the americans were able to trap british troops in south carolina.

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

to extend a country’s power and influence

they were all fought in the middle east during ww1