Correct. The answer is A. Both the white family farm and the barreling locomotive suggest the movement of white civilization into the West. The bright light on the train implies that, through their cultural superiority and technological knowhow, Americans were bringing progress and civilization into the previously uncivilized West.

Incorrect. The correct answer is A. Both the white family farm and the barreling locomotive suggest the movement of white civilization into the West. The bright light on the train implies that, through their cultural superiority and technological knowhow, Americans were bringing progress and civilization into the previously uncivilized West.

Correct. The answer is C. The deer on the train tracks are the artist’s obvious effort to indicate the ways that wildlife and other natural elements complicated the process of incorporating the West into the larger United States.

Incorrect. The correct answer is C. The deer on the train tracks are the artist’s obvious effort to indicate the ways that wildlife and other natural elements complicated the process of incorporating the West into the larger United States.

Correct. The answer is B. This image supports the argument that the western landscape and environment were significantly changed by both American farmers and railroad developers. In this painting, the farmers have cleared their land of trees and built structures where none existed before. Railroad developers have also cleared a swath of land and laid tracks to facilitate the movement of speeding trains through the region.

Incorrect. The correct answer is B. This image supports the argument that the western landscape and environment were significantly changed by both American farmers and railroad developers. In this painting, the farmers have cleared their land of trees and built structures where none existed before. Railroad developers have also cleared a swath of land and laid tracks to facilitate the movement of speeding trains through the region.

Correct. The answer is A. This scene depicts a western homestead settled by a farming family who have built a house and begun to clear the fields. The nearby railroad would have served as reassurance that it was possible to go west without leaving every element of civilized society behind. Americans who were considering moving west and settling on a federally granted homestead would have found this scene very appealing.

Incorrect. The correct answer is A. This scene depicts a western homestead settled by a farming family who have built a house and begun to clear the fields. The nearby railroad would have served as reassurance that it was possible to go west without leaving every element of civilized society behind. Americans who were considering moving west and settling on a federally granted homestead would have found this scene very appealing.

Correct. The answer is B. This painting depicts new western lands that have been settled by independent family farmers and improved by the building of the railroad. For a free-labor advocate like Lincoln, who saw westward expansion as a way for more hardworking free men to acquire the land to sustain them as a prosperous and independent Americans, this scene would represent the American promise.

Incorrect. The correct answer is B. This painting depicts new western lands that have been settled by independent family farmers and improved by the building of the railroad. For a free-labor advocate like Lincoln, who saw westward expansion as a way for more hardworking free men to acquire the land to sustain them as a prosperous and independent Americans, this scene would represent the American promise.