Which of the following explains why Thomas Jefferson felt it essential that the United States continue to open new territory to settlement?

A) He believed that industrialization in new territories would provide the moral basis for good citizenship.
B) He argued that territorial expansion allowed every American the chance to be a white-collar worker.
C) He wanted to increase the amount of land under his control.
D) He contended that territorial expansion would foster better relations with Native Americans.
E) He reasoned that crowding would pressure people into working as urban wage laborers without access to new land.


E

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