What best describes westward movement of population between 1800-1860?

a. The 1850s was the decade when the largest number of people moved to the west.
b. The large increase in and sales in this period was based on speculation.
c. Migrants moved to the west because they were "pushed" out of the east, where conditions were getting worse.
d. Corn prices were relatively low in the decades when migration to the west was largest.


a. The 1850s was the decade when the largest number of people moved to the West.

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