Which was a result of westward expansion in the United States? A. The spread of agriculture and industry led to environmental damage. B. Western states developed agriculture but lagged behind in industry. C. The East receded as a political force in the nineteenth-century United States. D. Native Americans returned to their ancestral lands on the western plains.

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Ariel

14 June, 19:41

Which was a result of westward expansion in the United States? A. The spread of agriculture and industry led to environmental damage. B. Western states developed agriculture but lagged behind in industry. C. The East receded as a political force in the nineteenth-century United States. D. Native Americans returned to their ancestral lands on the western plains.

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Wendy Wilkinson · Answer 1

The major result of westward expansion in the United States was that B. Western states developed agriculture but lagged behind in industry. This is part of the reason why most farming takes place in the American West to this day.