American settlers moved to Texas in the 1820s and 1830s, because
a. slavey was allowed
b. land was wearing out in Alabama and Georgia
c. it was far away from the Underground Railroad
d. land was plentiful and cheap for raising cotton
e. the Mexican government allowed Americans to set up their own extraterritorial government rather than be governed from Mexico City
Answer: d. land was plentiful and cheap for raising cotton
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