Each of the following is true of Albert Bierstadt's painting Emigrants Crossing the Plains EXCEPT that
A) buffalo bones and a distant Indian village symbolize the past.
B) it shows a romanticized scene that omits the hard realities of moving West.
C) tree stumps suggest the negative impact of westward settlement on the environment.
D) the pioneers seem to be well-provisioned for the trip.
E) the bright western sun suggests a promising future.
C
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