Which place completes this sentence about Appalachian Mountains? In the early 19th century, ______ Irving proposed renaming the United States either Appalachia or Alleghania.

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Correct answer: D. Washington

In the early 19th century Washington Irving proposed renaming the United States east of the Mississippi, after the Appalachian range. The answer is Washington.

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