Assertion: westward expansion | /r/HasProperty | the key
Facets:
value: to jefferson
type: OTHER
value: to the nation’s health
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: To Jefferson, westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health: He believed that a republic depended on an independent, virtuous citizenry for its survival, and that independence and virtue went hand in hand with land ownership, especially the ownership of small farms.