-Why Was Jefferson Unable to Fulfill His Desire to Create

question 37

Multiple Choice

-Why was Jefferson unable to fulfill his desire to create a republic of small independent farmers in the Northwest Territory?

• A) Small farmers did not have the hard currency needed to purchase land at one dollar an acre.
• B) Indians were allowed to remain in their ancestral lands.
• C) The territories created in this region could not become states in their own right.
• D) Southern protests forced Congress to open this region to slavery.

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