Prior to 1812, most americans lived
a. in the southwestern plains
b. along the atlantic coastline
c. west of the mississippi river
d. in the northwest of the united states

What is the best definition for the underlined word based on the following sentence? "langston hughes's poem ‘dream deferred' makes the reader consider what happens to a dream when it is deferred, hoping that they do not put all of their aspirations on the back burner."