The change in U.S. society in the period between 1820 and 1844 is best explained by which of the following statements?
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- A.The United States changed from a society of peasants to an aristocracy.
- B.Control of business and government by the well-born gave way to a society based on the economic success of "self-made" men.
- C.The new social structure was based less on banking and more on Southern plantation life.
- D.New England's shipping commerce became secondary in the economy to Southern cotton farming.
- E.Jackson's policies stalled westward expansion of the United States.
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