The Land Act of 1820 reduced the price of public land and
a. redrew the boundary of Missouri to ease sectional tension.
b. earmarked land-sale proceeds for canal and road building.
c. invited a new wave of wild speculation.
d. imposed new regulations on "wildcat" banks.
e. prohibited the purchase of federal acreage on credit.
e
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