Which of the Following Was True of New Englanders' Westward

question 85

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was true of New Englanders' westward migration during the 1790s and 1800s?

• A) Almost 800,000 New Englanders lived in a string of settlements stretching from Albany to Buffalo,and many others had traveled on to Ohio and Indiana.
• B) New Englanders typically bought land in upstate New York from wealthy Dutch owners who were partitioning their vast estates.
• C) So many immigrants were eager to sell their new farms and move even farther west that the price of land dropped steadily.
• D) Farmers who had fled declining prospects in the East often found themselves at the top of a new economic hierarchy in the West.

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