Explain how the expansion of slavery contributed to divisions
among political parties

The expansion of slavery directly related to the division of the two political parties due to the beliefs of the parties during the time.

Explanation:

The expansion of slavery lead to division among political parties as their ideas of slavery further divided. One party was in favor for slavery, while the other was not reliant on it. The expansion of slavery caused slaves to relocate geographically to be around people who don't view them as free labor, naturally the pro slave party would be opposed to the harboring of slaves from the other people of the country. This is one reason political division was a result.

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