The rapid growth and development of the West after 1815 were stimulated by
a. the lure of cheap lands to easterners and European immigrants.
b. construction of new roads through the mountains into the West.
c. the subduing of the Indian tribes during the War of 1812.
d. the abolition of slavery from western territories.
e. the Spanish leaving California.
a, b, c
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