While it was true that western lands were somewhat more fertile than the now-depleted lands of the East, many of the pioneers were attracted to the frontier in order to speculate in land, i.e. to purchase large quantities of cheap government land and to sell it at a profit to later comers
<u>Answer:</u>
The idea behind citizen owning property in order to vote was that the Americans don't want to give recognition to people from other race or ethnicity.
<u>Explanation:</u>
In 1789, it was decided that only fair Americans above 21 years of age and have ownership of land will get the right to vote. It should compulsorily be noted that such elites constituted a very meagre population.
This was a discriminatory type of enfranchisement as it curbs the right to vote of black men and landless African Americans.
