Overall, what was the impact of new military technologies including the repeater rifle, submarines like the Hunley and Ironclads on war? a. New military technology supported the Confederate victory.
b. New military technology made war less costly.
c. New military technology prolonged the war.
d. New military technology led to higher casualties.

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