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the old southwest:
- attracted thousands of settlers in the 1820s and 1830s with its low land prices and suitability for cotton production.
- attracted nearly twice as many female as male settlers in the early years.
- included texas, arizona, new mexico, and utah.
- soon boasted the nation’s highest standards of public education.
- was a promised land for slaves because of superior work conditions.