Which statement best describes the relationship of party planks to party platforms ?

A ) The general plank is make of specific platforms

B ) The general platform is make up of specific planks

C ) The planks are the general statements that are supported by the party platform

D ) The platforms are the specific ideas that form the party plank

It would be C

Explanation:

because “Plank" is the term often given to the components of the political platform – the opinions and viewpoints about individual topics, as held by a party, person, or organization.

The correct answer is A. As a result of the Homestead Act, many Mexican settlers owned land in Texas.

Explanation:

The Homestead Act was an important federal law in the United States, signed in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln. It allowed all US citizens and immigrants to acquire 60 hectares of federal agricultural land free of charge.

The proposal to divide the vast areas in the western United States into settlers was submitted as early as 1850, but met with opposition from southern senators, who instead wanted to give the land to large landowners. Only when the Civil War broke out in 1861 and the representatives of the southern states left the Congress could the law be passed. This was followed by several other laws, which extended the scope to forests, etc. In the years between 1862 and 1934, the federal government granted 1.6 million permits and distributed almost 165,000 km2 of land. By 1910, most of the land had been distributed, except for Alaska, where the law was in force until 1986. It ended in other states in 1976.