The Rapid Growth and Development of the West After 1815

question 129

Multiple Choice

The rapid growth and development of the West after 1815 were stimulated by

• A) the lure of cheap lands for easterners and European immigrants.
• B) construction of new railroads through the mountains into the West.
• C) the development of a tobacco strain suited to the climate of the Old Northwest.
• D) the abolition of slavery in the western territories.
• E) the stable economic environment of the 1820s.

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