How did Andrew Jackson propose dealing with the government's western lands?
a. He tried to keep them as cheap as possible to assist small farmers.
b. He kept prices high for fear that too many people would migrate west.
c. He proposed a Homestead Act that gave 160 acres of land to anyone who would settle on it for five years.
d. He raised prices on land to pay for the government-subsidized canals and roads he favored.
ANSWER: a
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