The most logical generalization is letter b. people in rural areas have smaller dating pool than people in urban areas.
<em>People in rural areas do not necessarily have an advantage with dating applications because everyone knows everyone, the number of people is much smaller, and they are people who naturally have a culture of approaching one to another.</em>
<u>Itens a.</u> (dating applications do not often lead to romantic partnerships) <u>and d.</u> (most rural residents have located romantic partners through dating applications) > Both are distant from the contextualization of the passage.
<u>Iten c.</u> (fewer rural residents than urban residents have smart phones) > It is not a generalization. It is another kind of conclusion. Not all conclusions are generalizations.
The acquiring of the territories gave the United States justification to send out immigrants into those territories and settle the land along the trails created by traders and trappers beforehand. These immigrants and other workers then set up the Transcontinental Railroad to facilitate trade and transport back and forth from the west coast to the east.
