In Latin America, people generally live . A. in the Amazon Rainforest B. in rural areas away from cities C. within a few hundred miles of the coast D. in mountainous areas away from the shore

C. within a few hundred miles of the coast

Explanation:

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