PLEASE HELP How did the Catholic Church respond to the Protestant Reformation?

It erupted into turmoil, resulting in greater religious conflict, including the persecution of witches and the split of the Church of England.

The Inquisition established pious new religious orders including the Jesuits and an order of nuns led by Teresa of Avila.

It compromised by embracing the Calvinist ideas of predestination, going so far as to institute theocratic communities.

It enacted its own reforms, attempting to end corruption with a renewed emphasis on morality and discipline.

The Roman Catholic Church responded with a Counter-Reformation initiated by the Council of Trent and spearheaded by the new order of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), specifically organized to counter the Protestant movement. In general, Northern Europe, with the exception of most of Ireland, turned Protestant.

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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