Question

Which answer choice below would correctly complete the diagram?



a
The federal government accepts control of the land and agrees to remove American Indians from it.
b
The federal government seizes the land and offers to sell it to Spain.
c
The federal government accepts control of the land and gives it to former soldiers.
d
The federal government seizes the land and offers it to formerly enslaved people for settlement.

Answer 1

I don’t see the diagram — could you attach it or describe the boxes/arrows?

If this is the common question about what the federal government did with western lands after the Revolutionary War (or after it “accepted control” of new territory), the best choice is (c). The federal government often distributed public land as bounty land to former soldiers (and sold parcels under the Land Ordinance of 1785/Northwest Ordinance framework) rather than giving it to Spain or to formerly enslaved people.