Which two of the following sentences from the article include CENTRAL ideas of the article?
1. To Jefferson, adding new land to
the original eastern and
southern states was vitally
important.
2. By 1840, almost 7 million
Americans lived in the West.
3. Then in 1844, Southern cotton
planter James K. Polk was
elected president.
4. The addition of this land
reopened the question the
Missouri Compromise had
seemingly settled: Would slavery
be allowed in new U. S.
territories?
А
1 and 2
B
2 and 3
С
3 and 4
D 1 and 4