Question

Which statement explains why Illinois and Louisiana became states after Ohio and Kentucky?

a. Slaveholding spread faster than free settlements.
b. Northern areas opened to settlement before southern ones.
c. The Ohio River Valley was settled before the Mississippi River Valley.
d. Illinois and Louisiana had poorer farmland than Ohio and Kentucky.

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter C

Explanation: The Ohio River Valley was settled before the Mississippi River Valley.