Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the landholding situation in the 1790s, especially in Ohio, Kentucky,
and western New York? a. Significant areas were divided into small plots owned by yeomen farmers.
b. All these areas were havens for large tobacco plantations.
c. Slavery was brought from the East and found new life.
d. The lands were disproportionately owned by wealthy land speculators.
Westward expansion, the 19th-century movement of settlers into the American West, began with the Louisiana Purchase and was fueled by the Gold Rush, the Oregon Trail and a belief in "manifest destiny."
