What can be inferred about the “Great American Desert” mentioned in line 7?

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What can be inferred about the “Great American Desert” mentioned in line 7?

Many had settled there by the 1860’s.

It was not originally assumed to be a fertile area.

It was a popular place to raise cattle before the Civil War.

It was not discovered until the late 1800’s.

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Đáp án D

Dẫn chứng “The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren.”